“The Embrace,” a monument to Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott King was erected on the Boston Common last year. We revisit Robin Young’s conversation with the designer Hank Willis Thomas at the site from January 2023.
BOSTON — All across the country, people are remembering the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the civil rights movement.
People refer to the 29 months in the 1990s when we went without a youth homicide in the city as the “Boston Miracle.” Rev. Ray Hammond said, “The miracle wasn’t that we reduced gang violence, but that we got all the groups…
Like the sculpture whose unveiling it was held to celebrate, the Embrace Gala was a grace note for Boston—a giant group hug across all walks of life.
The high-profile unveiling of “The Embrace” in January was heralded as the city’s official tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, and their connection to Boston.
But it won’t be the last.
The report was issued by the Boston Green Ribbon Commission alongside Embrace Boston. It looks back at dozens of previous studies to detail the history of environmental injustice in the city and offers ideas for how to undo the harms.
The development plan for the 7.7-acre plot known as P3 in Lower Roxbury, just outside of Nubian Square, aims to bring all of that by 2028. The proposal would house an Embrace Boston museum and policy center;
As a veteran of the Army and the son of a Vietnam War veteran, Imari Paris Jeffries understands the importance of serving his country and the community.
To some, the new monument to Martin Luther King Jr. is a symbol of love, unity, and overcoming the city’s racist past. For others, it’s a sign that Boston hasn’t learned anything.
