Coretta Scott King

When The Embrace monument to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, was unveiled last week on Boston Common, it brought a range of emotions. Visitors to Friday’s ceremony reflected on the ways in which King’s quest for civil rights changed the world, as well as the need for continued progress. Yolanda King, daughter of...

People have a wide range of opinions about the new sculpture on Boston Common honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.

Hundreds visited “The Embrace” on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, just days after its official unveiling in Boston.

The breakfast is the first held in person since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Many of Boston’s notables gathered on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., starting with the city’s first seated memorial breakfast event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, then at Boston University’s annual celebration of the lives of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King. Monday capped off an incredible weekend of events to honor the Kings’...

Dozens gathered at Boston Common to witness the unveiling of The Embrace statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Pratema Patil took her children because she wanted them to experience a historic moment. “It’s a way of showing them that things can get better cities can grow, voting matters, civic engagement matters, and there is...

A memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, was presented in Boston Friday.

Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King and their daughter Yolanda King spoke at Friday’s unveiling of “The Embrace,” a memorial honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

What does Boston’s new monument celebrating the love of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King bring to mind for their descendants? “Strength,” said Martin Luther King III ahead of the unveiling of The Embrace statue. “Perseverance and the power of love,” said his teenage daughter, Yolanda King, taking the words right out of her mother’s mouth....

The artist who made the work of art, Hank Willis Thomas, said he sees “this as a call to action, a call to love,” as the monument honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

‘Embrace: The Kings’ is a moving half-hour special about The Embrace monument being unveiled on Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, their love story in Boston, and their fight for equity for all of us in Boston and around the world. It’s the catalyst for how we look at everything around social justice. Brought...

The actor’s parents — Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts — became good friends with the civil rights leaders in the 1960s.

King Boston commissioned six local artists for the memorial fence around the construction site of the Embrace Memorial. What each artist hopes to depict in the movement for social justice.

Six local artists are celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his wife, Coretta Scott King, as the powerful Embrace Memorial is constructed on Boston Common.

It is one thing to build a sculpture that will soon redefine the Boston landscape. It is another to build it some 2,500 miles away in Washington State. “We really needed the capacity, and we were really confident Walla Walla could do it,” said Sam Giarratani, project manager for “The Embrace.” That need for massive scale is how the sculpture…

While the new statue honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, will stand in Boston Common, it is being constructed in Walla Walla, Washington.

Some 2,500 miles from Boston, community leaders are getting their first look at something years in the making. In a workshop in Walla Walla, Washington, more than 100 workers are putting together “The Embrace,” a sculpture memorializing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King. King Boston, the nonprofit behind “The Embrace,” is in Walla Walla this…

We’re getting an exclusive, under-construction look at what could be the most significant public art project in Boston history.

A new memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is coming next year to Boston Common.