Mayor Michelle Wu revealed Tuesday the members of Boston’s Reparations Task Force, setting the stage for the panel charged with guiding the city’s response to the historic impacts of slavery on the city’s Black American population.
BOSTON – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has announced the 10-member group that will make up the city’s new Reparations Task Force which includes Embrace Boston.
Dozens gathered at Boston Common to witness the unveiling of The Embrace statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
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
