Annual tributes and commemorations of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began nationwide Friday and included the unveiling of a statue in Boston. The 20-foot-high bronze sculpture ...
History was made on the Boston Common Friday as The Embrace monument was unveiled, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King and the love they shared with the world.
The monument is a figurative depiction of an iconic photo taken of the couple after King learned he had won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, and includes only their arms and hands in a suspended embrace ...
It’s a matter of perspective. “The Embrace” Martin Luther King Jr. monument downtown is taking flak both for the purportedly pornographic appearance some angles give it and some of the aesthetic ...
Imari Paris Jeffries felt a “beautiful mixture of excitement and relief” Thursday as he put together the final preparations for Friday’s unveiling of the “Embrace,” a memorial celebrating Martin ...
Giants pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King statues have descended onto Boston Common — forming into a historic monument five years in the making. “I think this is going to be ...
Even some kin of Coretta Scott King hate the new $10 million sculpture just dedicated to her and her iconic civil rights leader husband in Boston — with a cousin claiming it “looks like a penis.” The ...