Martin Luther King Family In MA For New Memorial Unveiling

BOSTON, MA — The Embrace Memorial will be unveiled on Boston Common in a celebration Friday. The memorial commemorates the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, who met and went to school in Boston, and the civil rights leaders who worked alongside them in Boston.

The memorial was designed by Hank Willis Thomas, an internationally acclaimed African American conceptual artist, and MASS Design Group.

The King family will join national and local leaders at the unveiling event. The public is invited to the ceremony, which will be displayed on large screens positioned near the Parkman Bandstand.

The event will also will be streamed live by NBC10 Boston. For more information on the ceremony, go to Embrace Boston.

The Boston Arts Commission approved the final design for the 22-foot bronze sculpture in 2021. The Parkman Bandstand site is where Dr. King led a rally and spoke in 1965.

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