More than five years have passed, but the time has come for a major event that is being billed as a change of direction for the city of Boston, a moment that is expected to endure and change the conversation around social justice and equity. race in the city, across the country and around the world.
It is regarding the inauguration of the memorial “The Embrace” on Friday, January 13 in Boston Common.
The memorial is a 22-foot bronze statue of two sets of embracing arms, the arms of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King, modeled following an image of the couple embracing shortly following they Dr. King will win the Nobel Prize.
The artist who did the artwork, Hank Willis Thomas, said he sees “this as a call to action, a call to love.”
NBC10 Boston host Latoyia Edwards will host the opening ceremony, an exclusive, invite-only event.
You can watch LIVE coverage here on TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com, on Peacock or on Roku.
Dignitaries from across the country will be in attendance as Boston honors the Kings and their fight for racial and social equity in Boston.
The monument will open to the public in early February, once all final construction fencing has been removed. There will be an audio walking tour as you walk through the square and not only walk up to the statue but walk through it to experience a real hug.
Organizers say the monument has the potential to become Boston’s Statue of Liberty, a bronze beacon of hope, a symbol that shows inclusion matters.
It is also an ode to their love story. Many people don’t know that the couple met and fell in love here when they were both students.
The memorial will also recognize dozens of other freedom fighters, people who have led the way for civil rights in Boston over the past decades.
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