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Left: Wiz Khalifa (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Center: Marco Rubio (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Right: Jay-Z (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Marco Rubio quotes Wiz Khalifa, Jay-Z

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Senator Marco Rubio quoted the 'modern day poet[s]' Wiz Khalifa and Jay-Z in an effort to show support for Rand Paul's filibuster...
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In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington. Actor-singer Sammy Davis Jr., is at bottom right. It has been cited as one of America's essential ideals, its language suggestive of a constitutional amendment on equality: People should "not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Yet 50 years after the King's monumental statement, there is considerable disagreement over what this quote means when it comes to affirmative action and other measures aimed at helping the disadvantaged. (AP Photo/File)

King 'content of character' quote inspires debate

Jesse Washington, Associated Press
(AP) - The quote is used to support opposing views on politics, affirmative action and programs intended to help the disadvantaged...
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MLK Memorial quote to be removed

Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation...
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1 year later, MLK Memorial inscription unchanged

Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors in Washington, the group behind the monument is still working with the National Park Service to change an inscription...
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Bachmann rep: 'Tar baby' quote not racial

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A spokeswoman says U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann wasn't referring to race when she used the term 'tar baby' to attack President Barack Obama's energy policy...
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Quote on MLK memorial will be changed

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A quote inscribed in stone on the new Martin Luther King memorial will likely be changed after complaints it didn't accurately reflect the civil rights leader's words...
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