January 18, 2023
PASSERS-by walk near the 20-foot-high bronze sculpture “The Embrace”, a memorial to Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King, in the Boston Common, last week, in Boston. The sculpture, consisting of four intertwined arms, was inspired by a photo of the Kings embracing when MLK learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Photo: Steven Senne/AP
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ON January 13, a large bronze sculpture dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled in Boston. Twenty feet long and 26 feet wide, titled “The Embrace”, it is meant to depict the Kings hugging, inspired by a photograph of the two after Dr King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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