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King memorial design combines mystery, appeal

NewsBy embracewpMarch 4, 2019Leave a comment

A Stunning New Boston Memorial Will Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

NewsBy embracewpMarch 4, 2019Leave a comment

In 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. returned to the city where he and Coretta Scott went to graduate school and first met.

Here Is The Winning Design For The MLK And Coretta Scott King Memorial On Boston Common

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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.

Boston’s ‘Embrace’ of MLK is moving forward

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Boston’s belated embrace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a powerful local symbol has moved a huge step closer to fruition.

On MLK’s 90th birthday, the time is right for supporting King’s Boston legacy

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Ninety years ago this month, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta.

New Boston Common Memorial Will Honor Martin Luther King Jr. And Coretta Scott’s Love And Legacy

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In a way, Boston is the place where Martin Luther King Jr. accelerated his life’s work as a civil rights leader.

Can the memorial for Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King change perceptions about Boston?

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MLK project will have one foot on the Common, and one in Roxbury

NewsBy embracewpJune 10, 2018Leave a comment

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.

Honoring the Boston legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

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‘This City Really Needs This’: MLK Memorial Planned In Boston

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