Boston’s ‘Embrace’ of MLK is moving forward
Boston’s belated embrace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a powerful local symbol has moved a huge step closer to fruition.
Boston’s belated embrace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a powerful local symbol has moved a huge step closer to fruition.
Ninety years ago this month, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.
In a way, Boston is the place where Martin Luther King Jr. accelerated his life’s work as a civil rights leader.
Should Boston’s memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta, be located on Boston Common or in Roxbury? Last Friday the city got a deeply ambivalent answer: both.
You could say they have a dream.
A campaign to create a permanent, public monument in Boston to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appears to be gaining momentum.
A campaign to create a permanent, public monument in Boston to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appears to be gaining momentum.
Over the past several months, a group in Boston has been working to build a permanent memorial for Martin Luther King, Jr.