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 enthusiastic plaudits to consternation and outright jeers.
The monument, by artist Hank Willis Thomas, is called The Embrace; it is meant to honor the relationship between the Kings. It was specifically inspired by a 1964 photograph of the couple hugging, after King had been announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
