Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on May 17, 1967 at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in California. People have slammed a new statue dedicated to King in Boston.

A new public art monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled Friday. It immediately drew consternation and jeers as well as plaudits.

A new monument in Boston commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. is taking flak, some it for the purportedly pornographic appearance it has from some angles.

The son of civil rights leaders Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King has defended a new monument to honour his parents after the artwork faced mounting criticism and mockery.

In 1965, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally from Roxbury, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Boston, to the Boston Common.

BOSTON, MA – January 13: Unveiling of Embrace Memorial Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King at the Boston Common on January 13, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo ...

The memorial is meant to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, and depicts the embrace shared between King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, after King won the Nobel Peace Prize.

A new $10m statue celebrating Martin Luther King Jr has been harshly mocked on social media and slammed as an “insult” to the family by a cousin of the late civil rights leader’s wife ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The city’s new Martin Luther King Jr. statue is taking shape on Boston Common, as crews installed the first of several pieces Wednesday. The “Embrace” monument symbolizes the ...

Bettmann Archive Martin Luther King III approved the piece, which was designed by conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas for the organization Embrace Boston.

The city of Boston unveiled a new memorial sculpture in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on Friday. The reception for the 22-foot statue has been decidedly mixed — ranging from ...

Martin Luther King Jr. is a titan of American history. One of the nation’s federal holidays is named in his honour. Now he is again recognised with a new monument in Boston, Massachusetts ...