Love in the Public Square
Today, there is much debate about the relevance of memorials in our country. They are often erected to withstand the test of time and to leave an indelible cultural marker for future generations.
Today, there is much debate about the relevance of memorials in our country. They are often erected to withstand the test of time and to leave an indelible cultural marker for future generations.
Today, there is much debate about the relevance of memorials in our country. They are often erected to withstand the test of time and to leave an indelible cultural marker for future generations.
For the first time on television and modern multimedia, Legacy of Love brings to light the mostly unknown story of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott’s formative years in 1950’s Boston.
The winning design for a memorial to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on the Boston Common hopes to celebrate the power of the love between the couple, who met here in Boston.
Today would have been the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 91st birthday. Even 52 years after his death, more than ever I feel his spirit on so many fronts, especially here in the Boston, the city he loved and called his second home.
In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. returned to the city where he and Coretta Scott went to graduate school and first met.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ and MASS Design Group’s “The Embrace,” a bronze-finish sculpture of two pairs of giant arms embracing each other, has been chosen to honor Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. on the Boston Common.