Boston breaks ground on The Embrace memorial
The city officially broke ground on “The Embrace” yesterday, a new memorial at the Boston Common.
Future monument in Boston Common to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wife Coretta Scott King
The loving relationship between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, will be immortalized with a permanent memorial on Boston Common.
‘His impact endures’: Boston honors legacy of Martin Luther King
Boston officials, artists and athletes honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on Monday.
Boston pastors reflect on MLK’s legacy, ‘radical love’ and striving for a better world
Today, Martin Luther King Jr. is most remembered as an activist and the face of the American civil rights movement. But King’s civil rights activism began at the pulpit, as a minister.
Rev. Brown on MLK’s Legacy in Boston
Boston played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.’s early life. He was an assistant minister at the Twelfth Baptist Church while he was getting his doctorate at Boston University.
‘The Embrace,’ Boston’s long-awaited tribute to the Kings, will be unveiled on MLK Day 2023
Boston has waited more than 50 years to build a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, his wife. It will have to wait one year more.
Amid a fight for voting rights, local leaders reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
On May 17, 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and addressed a crowd of 25,000 that massed to demonstrate in the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.
MassMutual gift puts King Boston fundraising at $20M
King Boston, the four-year-old nonprofit behind the planned memorial for Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on Boston Common, has received a $1 million gift from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s foundation…
What do monuments say about our values? Panelists at the Black New England Conference will explore the question
The Black New England Conference is coming up at the end of this week. It’s a series of panel discussions and presentations about Black history and contemporary issues
Honoring MLK by turning out at the polls
As we look toward next month’s municipal election in Boston, we must mobilize and get out the vote.