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THE STORY BEGAN IN BOSTON
The Embrace Digital Experience is a self-guided app offering storytelling, first-hand accounts and historical photos and images to visitors.
MEET OUR HEROES
This digital experience allows visitors to explore the monument, and the 1965 Freedom Plaza beneath it at their own pace, while learning more about Boston’s civil rights legacy and the incredible contribution of the Kings. The Embrace and the 1965 Freedom Plaza are reminders of the Kings’ high ideals born from struggle—to foster a “beloved community.”
FEEL THE HISTORY & IMAGINE THE FUTURE
We welcome you to hear stories of local civil rights struggles while the Kings made Boston their home; be introduced to civil rights and social justice leaders active in Greater Boston from 1950 –1975; listen to reflections from the artist, Hank Willis Thomas; as well as behind-the-scenes insights on how The Embrace Monument was created.
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‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival celebrating Juneteenth
As part of its Juneteenth celebration, the Embrace Ideas Festival on Thursday welcomed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson as its keynote speaker
See MoreJune 21, 2024
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What does it mean to be an anti-racist? Three DEI scholars explain.
What is the difference between being not racist and anti-racist? This was the overarching question posed to three diversity, equity and inclusion scholars at Embrace Boston’s Ideas Festival.
See MoreJune 20, 2024
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Black culture and creativity take center stage at Boston’s Embrace Ideas Festival
There is a palpable change happening here,’ says Austin Ashe, MIT’s senior associate director of belonging and culture. ‘We’re starting to see attention being paid to our lived experiences.
See MoreJune 17, 2024
