Holidays, memorials, and symbols have always been part of American history and heritage, and in this time of racial reckoning we have an opportunity to add a new one — Juneteenth, America’s Independence Day — the day slavery came to an end.
Holidays, memorials, and symbols have always been part of American history and heritage, and in this time of racial reckoning we have an opportunity to add a new one — Juneteenth, America’s Independence Day — the day slavery came to an end.
A long-sought memorial for Boston Common honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, and other civil rights leaders received a key city approval Tuesday…
I don’t think many expected to celebrate a win in this very divided Congress with the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act by May 25, the anniversary of his killing by a Minneapolis police officer.
A memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has received final approval. The Boston Landmarks Commission on Tuesday voted to OK the privately-funded “Embrace” memorial
A memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King planned for the Boston Common has received unanimous approval from a city panel, allowing construction to start, the group behind the memorial said Wednesday.
James Baldwin reminds us that not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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A Massachusetts memorial honoring the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King is significantly closer to reality after a $1 million donation.
The fund-raising efforts to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, in Boston are finally approaching the organizers’ $15 million goal — and a million-dollar gift from Bank of America is helping them get there.
