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LAUDERHILL, Fla. ?A plaque intended to honor deep-voiced actor James Earl Jones at this city's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration instead is erroneously inscribed to James Earl Ray, King's killer.
"Thank you James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive," reads the plaque, which has prompted outrage among civil leaders.
The plaque, to be presented at Lauderhill's annual King celebration Saturday, was made by Texas-based Merit Industries at the request of Adpro, a Lauderhill-based business.
But instead of thanking Jones, the plaque erroneously honors Ray, who shot and killed King in 1968.
"It had an immediate chill. It was eerie," said Adpro owner Gerald Wilcox, 43, as he showed the plaque displaying words that, he said, "deeply hurt."
Wilcox said he knew the error didn't come from his company, but he sent a company secretary searching through order forms, just to be sure.
LAUDERHILL, Fla. ?A plaque intended to honor deep-voiced actor James Earl Jones at this city's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration instead is erroneously inscribed to James Earl Ray, King's killer.
"Thank you James Earl Ray for keeping the dream alive," reads the plaque, which has prompted outrage among civil leaders.
The plaque, to be presented at Lauderhill's annual King celebration Saturday, was made by Texas-based Merit Industries at the request of Adpro, a Lauderhill-based business.
But instead of thanking Jones, the plaque erroneously honors Ray, who shot and killed King in 1968.
"It had an immediate chill. It was eerie," said Adpro owner Gerald Wilcox, 43, as he showed the plaque displaying words that, he said, "deeply hurt."
Wilcox said he knew the error didn't come from his company, but he sent a company secretary searching through order forms, just to be sure.
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