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'The Embrace' lets viewers viscerally experience the love and legacy of MLK and Coretta Scott King
Resume![The Embrace, on Boston Common, recalls the hug between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0105-embrace-01-1000x610.jpg)
Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Jan. 15, 2024. Click here for that audio.
A new monument will be unveiled on Boston Common Friday. It depicts the arms of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King wrapped around each other, based on a photograph taken after the 1964 announcement that MLK had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Here & Now's Robin Young takes a walk around and within "The Embrace" with the designer, artist Hank Willis Thomas.
![Hank Willis Thomas speaks onstage at The International Center of Photography's 33rd Annual Infinity Awards at Pier 60 on April 24, 2017 in New York City. (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for ICP)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/01/GettyImages-672503650-1000x666.jpg)
![Coretta Scott King's left hand, depicted in the Embrace sculpture on Boston Common. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/01/0105-embrace-08-1000x667.jpg)
![Host Robin Young looks at "The Embrace" where the hands appear to form a heart. (Robin Young/Here & Now)](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2023/01/thumbnail_IMG_2304.jpeg)
This segment aired on January 12, 2023.