Hopefully, “The Embrace” will inspire more of Boston’s Black leaders to take bold initiatives, with support from allies in the wider community. We are in a better position to make change. That’s what I see when I look at "The Embrace."
A group of people is hoping to procure a headstone for the unmarked grave of Mary Louise Powell, who introduced Martin Luther King Jr. to his future wife, Coretta Scott, in Boston in 1952.
Activists, community members, volunteers and civil rights groups across New England are coming together Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, part of a nationwide movement to solve social problems through community service.
A year after unveiling its major sculpture on Boston Common paying tribute to the King family, Embrace Boston announced Friday it was striking out on its own as.