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ORGANISERS of Liverpool Discovers art project have apologised after they published claims Martin Luther King’s speech was penned in Liverpool.

 

They apologised for being “misled” by the “famous Liverpudlian sense of humour”.

 

The project published the story in a tour guide and on its website that Dr King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was drafted at the Adelphi Hotel.

 

The pamphlet said the civil rights activist visited supporters in Liverpool three times in the 50s and 60s and the first draft of his famous speech was written on the hotel’s branded notepaper.

 

The story was published after the project, which tells the stories of the city from its people through art, asked members of the public to share little known facts about Liverpool.

 

Liverpool Discovers have now issued an apology after biographers of Dr King cast doubt on the claims.

 

A spokeswoman for Liverpool Discovers said: “Firstly, we’d like to offer our apologies to the public if we have accidentally misled anyone or caused offence through the publication of this information.

 

“All the information published in our literature has come from a lengthy public consultation where the people of Liverpool were asked to tell their stories about the city. This was then verified by local historians.”

 

 

 

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