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Florida State recruiting department apologizes for Martin Luther King Jr. graphic

Florida State's football recruiting department issued an apology Monday after tweeting and subsequently deleting an image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. into a graphic containing the team's slogan, "Do something," to celebrate the civil rights icon's holiday.

In the since-deleted tweet, King appeared to be doing the school's popular tomahawk chop celebration with a Nike glove edited onto his hand. The tweet read: "Happy MLK day! #GoNoles #DoSomething #MLK2019."

Within an hour -- after a number of college football fans had mocked the image online -- the tweet was gone, and the account later responded with a written statement.