THANK YOU FOR MAKING EMBRACE HONORS MLK 2025 A SUCCESS
THE STORY BEGAN IN BOSTON
The Embrace Digital Experience is a self-guided app offering storytelling, first-hand accounts and historical photos and images to visitors.
MEET OUR HEROES
This digital experience allows visitors to explore the monument, and the 1965 Freedom Plaza beneath it at their own pace, while learning more about Boston’s civil rights legacy and the incredible contribution of the Kings. The Embrace and the 1965 Freedom Plaza are reminders of the Kings’ high ideals born from struggle—to foster a “beloved community.”
FEEL THE HISTORY & IMAGINE THE FUTURE
We welcome you to hear stories of local civil rights struggles while the Kings made Boston their home; be introduced to civil rights and social justice leaders active in Greater Boston from 1950 –1975; listen to reflections from the artist, Hank Willis Thomas; as well as behind-the-scenes insights on how The Embrace Monument was created.
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History will not forget what it refuses to reconcile
In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do — he stepped away. He and his wife Coretta, along with Bernard Lee and Dora McDonald, retreated to the hills of Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
See MoreFebruary 7, 2025
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Embrace Boston hosts 3rd annual Embrace Honors MLK
Embrace Boston was hosting its third annual Embrace Honors MLK event Sunday night at Big Night Live.
See MoreJanuary 17, 2025
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Together We Rise When We Vote
As we stand on the precipice of this consequential election, we are summoned to remember the deep reservoir of power we hold in our votes—a power that our ancestors, through struggle and sheer will, fought to claim and protect.
See MoreNovember 4, 2024
