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Boston's changemakers have intimate conversations about our past and future
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COMING SOON
THE STORY BEGAN IN BOSTON
The Embrace Digital Experience is a self-guided app offering storytelling, first-hand accounts and historical photos and images to visitors.
MEET OUR HEROES
This digital experience allows visitors to explore the monument, and the 1965 Freedom Plaza beneath it at their own pace, while learning more about Boston’s civil rights legacy and the incredible contribution of the Kings. The Embrace and the 1965 Freedom Plaza are reminders of the Kings’ high ideals born from struggle—to foster a “beloved community.”
FEEL THE HISTORY & IMAGINE THE FUTURE
We welcome you to hear stories of local civil rights struggles while the Kings made Boston their home; be introduced to civil rights and social justice leaders active in Greater Boston from 1950 –1975; listen to reflections from the artist, Hank Willis Thomas; as well as behind-the-scenes insights on how The Embrace Monument was created.
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Dr. Paris Jeffries Talks Harm Report On GBH's Culture Show
A new report from Embrace Boston suggests that repairing generations of inequality and inequity will take more than monetary amends.
See MoreMarch 6, 2024
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Charlotte Mathews-Nelson and Leon Nelson, NAACP leaders, advanced educational and economic equality in Boston
Charlotte Mathews-Nelson, who with her late husband, Leon Nelson, devoted her life’s work to civil rights efforts, said she is humbled to be honored as one of 69 heroes at Embrace Boston’s 1965 Freedom Plaza.
See MoreFebruary 26, 2024
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In building a case for local reparations, Embrace Boston report aims to connect past to present
As Boston embarks on a massive undertaking to examine possible reparations for Black residents, a new report detailing the lasting legacy of slavery and systemic racism in the city offers solutions to redress
See MoreFebruary 26, 2024