CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Nancy Giles talks with sculptor Hank Willis Thomas, and with Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of Embrace Boston, about the effort to create a monument to love, belonging and hope.
Following Boston City Council’s vote to form a commission to study the possibility of reparations for the Black community in Boston, CBS Boston’s Chris Tanaka interviews local leaders, speaking with Imari Paris Jeffries and Na’Tisha Mills.
BOSTON (WHDH) – The city’s new Martin Luther King Jr. statue is taking shape on Boston Common, as crews installed the first of several pieces Wednesday.
Giants pieces of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King statues have descended onto Boston Common — forming into a historic monument five years in the making.
A five-truck convoy from Walla Walla Foundry, its largest bronze sculpture ever completed now in tow, is headed across the country to Boston for the assembly and installation..
Boston got a first look at a new monument coming to the Common that honors Martin Luther King Jr. The 20-foot tall and 40-foot wide “Embrace” sculpture has traveled nearly 3,000 miles from where it was created in Washington state
Embrace Boston’s ‘The Embrace Memorial’ begins to take shape on the Boston Common.
Embrace Boston’s Gregory Ball was interviewed on WBZ New England Weekend discussing the state of racial equity, updates on The Embrace memorial and details on The Embrace Center that’s in the works.
Embrace Boston, alongside the Boston Foundation, see voting as instrumental to building a healthy civic life.
The change reflects the shift in the group’s mission as it launches not just a memorial but a cultural center in Roxbury.
