A new sculpture in Boston honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King garnered mixed reactions after it was unveiled on Friday.
The Embrace, the new memorial sculpture in Boston made in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was unveiled on Friday.Lane Turner/Boston Globe via Getty Images
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. This piece of public art, unveiled Friday, immediately garnered mixed reactions. In a long Twitter thread,the monument, saying that the artist"reduced" the Kings to"body parts," adding:"For such a large statue, dismembering MLK and Coretta Scott King is... a choice. A deliberate one." Attiah continued:"Boston's Embrace statue perfectly represents how White America loves to butcher MLK. Cherry-picking quotes about love and violence.
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