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King Boston chose a sculpture called The Embrace, which was created by artist Hank Willis Thomas, for the Boston Common.
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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, local advocacy organizations are calling attention to King s time in Boston and working to advance his mission. King Boston is the group behind a planned memorial to King and his wife Coretta Scott King. The couple met in Boston while King was getting his Ph.D. at Boston University and Scott was attending the New England Conservatory of Music. The memorial, which will honor other local civil rights leaders as well, is scheduled to be unveiled on Boston Common next year.
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From Harford County Government: Harford County Government is proud to announce the first annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Celebration presented by the Harford County Human Relations Commission in partnership with the Harford County Chapter of the NAACP.
At 6 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday January 18, this virtual event will air on Harford Cable Network and the video will be posted on Harford County Government s website at http://www.harfordcountymd.gov/3056/Freedom-Celebration. The inspiring celebration which includes music, dance, and historical accounts, honors the life, legacy, and work of Coretta Scott King.
Coretta Scott King was born in 1927 in Marion, Alabama. In the early decades of her life, she was as well known for her singing and violin playing as her civil rights activism. She attended Lincoln High School and graduated as the school s valedictorian in 1945. She enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where she
Love story of Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King began in Boston
BOSTON (WCVB) As the country celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the long holiday weekend, historians are reflecting on the years he and his wife, Coretta Scott King, spent in the city of Boston.
Dr. King served as an assistant minister at the Twelfth Baptist Church in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood from 1951 to 1954 while he was pursuing his Ph.D at Boston University’s School of Theology.
Coretta Scott King was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music when she met her future husband on a blind date in 1951. The pair quickly fell in love and were married in 1953.
City of Boston will celebrate Martin Luther King Day with speeches, performances
By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated January 17, 2021, 2:35 p.m.
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A Shawmut Avenue mural depicting Martin Luther King Jr. on a telephone call to future wife Coretta Scott King.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
A city-run celebration of civil rights icon and Boston University alumnus Martin Luther King Jr. is slated to feature a strong list of speakers and performances from the New England Conservatory on Monday.
Held in honor of Martin Luther King Day, the livestreamed program will spotlight the activistâs wife, Coretta Scott King, a New England Conservatory graduate who died in 2006, and feature the works of famed American novelist James Baldwin.