But the eye-catching new recreational center is the building most evocative of Emancipation Park's transformation. The formerly drab community center is now a dazzler of a building.

BOSTON (CBS) - The controversial Emancipation Group Memorial in Boston's Park Square was removed Tuesday morning. The statue depicts a formerly enslaved Black man kneeling before President Abraham ...

Once completed in the fall of 2015, the 10-acre Emancipation Park will have a modern look and feature a new recreation center, picnic area, multi-purpose building, a sculptured gateway entrance ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A little more than two weeks ago, Dorchester native and social media influencer Tory Bullock took Facebook to raise awareness about a statue he has seen as offensive since he was a ...

Black conservatives started a campaign on Tuesday to save the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C. That statue depicts President Abraham Lincoln holding the Emancipation ...

The bronze memorial statue was erected in 1876 to honor Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. Protesters said they will return Friday to tear it down.

The Lincoln Park “Emancipation” statue in D.C., which depicts President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling, freed enslaved man, is among the monuments drawing nationwide scrutiny.

A statue of President Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave in D.C. is under renewed scrutiny, with protesters announcing their intention to tear down the monument Thursday. Calls for the ...

Boston officials have decided to remove the sculpture Emancipation Monument which has stood in Park Square since 1879. It depicts a formerly enslaved man kneeling before Abraham Lincoln.

The sculpture, Redemption Song, was unveiled at the entrance to Kingston's new Emancipation Park. Intended to symbolise liberation, it was instead accused of perpetuating myths about black men ...

The bronze memorial statue was erected in 1876 to honor Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. Protesters said they will return Friday to tear it down.

The bronze memorial statue was erected in 1876 to honor Abraham Lincoln for the Emancipation Proclamation. Protesters said they will return Friday to tear it down.