King Boston

King Boston, the racial equity nonprofit working closely with the City of Bostonand the Boston Foundation to create an inclusive and equitable Boston for all, will commemorate Juneteenth on Monday, June 20 with “One Night in Boston,” a half-hour special, premiering on NBC10 Boston and NECN at 7:30 p.m. “One Night in Boston” focuses on the importance of Black arts…

King Boston is hosting a week-long festival grounded in arts, culture, and public scholarship amplifying anti-racism and a vision for a transformed Boston. Hosted for the first time in the week leading up to the Juneteenth holiday weekend, along with official streaming partners NBC10 Boston and GBH, the Embrace Ideas Festival challenges community members to imagine and build a city…

King Boston breaks ground on its meaningful, emotional monument called Embrace to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King.

An official groundbreaking ceremony will be held in Boston Wednesday for a monument to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

An official groundbreaking ceremony was held in Boston Wednesday for a monument to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The organization King Boston has been working to install “The Embrace” by artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group on the historic Boston Common for years. Fittingly, the groundbreaking was on Wednesday, on Coretta Scott King’s...

King Boston, a nonprofit working closely with the City of Boston and the Boston Foundation to create an inclusive and equitable Boston for all, will commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on Monday, Jan. 17. “The road to MLK Day was over a decade in the making. It took years of…

With a week to go until the election, Michelle Wu sat down Tuesday night for a one-on-one conversation with NBC10 Boston’s Latoyia Edwards, in partnership with King Boston and the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts.

With a week to go until the election, Annissa Essaibi George sat down Tuesday night for a one-on-one conversation with NBC10 Boston’s Latoyia Edwards, in partnership with King Boston and the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts.

King Boston, in partnership with the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and NBC10 Boston, NECN, NBC Sports Boston, and Telemundo Boston, hosted a mayoral forum on Oct. 26 at the Boston Media Center. Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of King Boston; Segun Idowu, president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts; and Latoyia Edwards, Emmy Award-winning anchor on…

Boston Mayor Kim Janey and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker spoke of the significant impact the Twelfth Baptist Church has made in the Roxbury community Monday as King Boston made a $1 million donation. “This gift is important because it will help continue that work around food insecurity, the work that the Black church has always done. A place where folks…

This special episode of This Is New England highlights the work being done by King Boston to bring the best voices in Boston together from all walks of life and all professions to help create a loving, inclusive, and anti-racist city.

This special episode of This Is New England highlights the work being done by King Boston to create an anti-racist city.

King Boston Executive Director Imari Paris Jeffries on the potential social justice impact of the Biden-Harris administration and the work of his organization, which includes building “The Embrace” on Boston Common.