Martin Luther King Jr.

Hear from the voices of the women and men who marched to Washington for racial equality in 1963.

When The Embrace monument to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, was unveiled last week on Boston Common, it brought a range of emotions. Visitors to Friday’s ceremony reflected on the ways in which King’s quest for civil rights changed the world, as well as the need for continued progress. Yolanda King, daughter of...

Amber Payne, a journalist and the film’s co-director, spoke with News4 moments before the film’s premiere in D.C. 

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday. The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders, especially politicians, too often cheapen her father’s legacy into a “comfortable...

Many of Boston’s notables gathered on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., starting with the city’s first seated memorial breakfast event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, then at Boston University’s annual celebration of the lives of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King. Monday capped off an incredible weekend of events to honor the Kings’...

Gatherings to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resumes in Boston for the first time since the pandemic began.

President Joe Biden has made a historical pilgrimage to what he calls “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

Dozens gathered at Boston Common to witness the unveiling of The Embrace statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Pratema Patil took her children because she wanted them to experience a historic moment. “It’s a way of showing them that things can get better cities can grow, voting matters, civic engagement matters, and there is...

What does Boston’s new monument celebrating the love of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King bring to mind for their descendants? “Strength,” said Martin Luther King III ahead of the unveiling of The Embrace statue. “Perseverance and the power of love,” said his teenage daughter, Yolanda King, taking the words right out of her mother’s mouth....

Rep. Ayanna Pressley says she draws strength and inspiration from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s example.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said the Embrace Memorial on Boston Common is an affirmation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu discusses the historic memorial being unveiled in the Boston Common Friday.

Johnathan Evans speaks on all the work that made the Embrace Memorial possible.

Members of the King family sat down ahead of the unveiling of The Embrace, the massive statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

‘Embrace: The Kings’ is a moving half-hour special about The Embrace monument being unveiled on Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, their love story in Boston, and their fight for equity for all of us in Boston and around the world. It’s the catalyst for how we look at everything around social justice. Brought...

Embrace: The Kings is a special about Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King’s love story in Boston and the historic unveiling of The Embrace memorial on Boston Common in their honor.

The actor’s parents — Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts — became good friends with the civil rights leaders in the 1960s.

Six local artists are celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and his wife, Coretta Scott King, as the powerful Embrace Memorial is constructed on Boston Common.

It is one thing to build a sculpture that will soon redefine the Boston landscape. It is another to build it some 2,500 miles away in Washington State. “We really needed the capacity, and we were really confident Walla Walla could do it,” said Sam Giarratani, project manager for “The Embrace.” That need for massive scale is how the sculpture…