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Watch the powerful half-hour documentary, Voices on King: Connected Conversations

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Celebrated changemakers, discuss economic opportunity, the importance of storytelling and racial equality in intimate conversations.

‘The Embrace’ celebrates love and legacy of MLK and Coretta Scott King

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“The Embrace,” a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King was erected on the Boston Common last year. We revisit Robin Young’s conversation with the designer Hank Willis Thomas at the site from January 2023.

Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy: Massachusetts Commemorates with Events and Embrace Boston Memorial

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Boston honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

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BOSTON — All across the country, people are remembering the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the civil rights movement.

Gaskin: What I see when I look at ‘The Embrace’ statue

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People refer to the 29 months in the 1990s when we went without a youth homicide in the city as the “Boston Miracle.” Rev. Ray Hammond said, “The miracle wasn’t that we reduced gang violence, but that we got all the groups…

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Working at the intersection of arts, culture, community and research to dismantle structural racism, Embrace Boston sees a radically inclusive and equitable Boston where everyone belongs and Black people prosper, grounded in joy, love and wellbeing.

 

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