Some Having a Hard Time Embracing New Martin Luther King Statue

Some Having a Hard Time Embracing New Martin Luther King Statue
"The Embrace" has been drawing curious onlookers to its Boston location since its unveiling. Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
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BOSTON—The new Dr. Martin Luther King sculpture in Boston Common called “The Embrace” has not exactly been received with open arms.

Unveiled this past Martin Luther King Day weekend, the behemoth 20-foot-tall bronze has been likened to male genitalia, including by some of King’s own family members, and mocked on the polite end of criticism as a $10 million waste—in reference to its whopping price tag.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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