This photo was the inspiration for the new MLK Jr. memorial statue on the Boston Common called “The Embrace.” – Bettmann The resulting artwork, which weighs almost 38,000-pounds and is made ...

The $10 million creation from the nonprofit Embrace Boston is based on a 1964 photo that shows ... “In making MLK a whitewashed symbol of love, the Embrace statue is both safe and grotesque.

photo gallery] The Embrace is, everyone at least agrees, a striking new statue unveiled this weekend in the Boston Common that depicts the giant bronze arms of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — A new memorial at Boston Common honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta ... The artist told CBS News he was inspired by a photo of the husband and wife hugging ...

in Boston on Jan. 10. The sculpture, consisting of four intertwined arms, was inspired by a photo of the Kings embracing when MLK learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Steven Senne/AP ...

On Friday, a collection of civic organizations unveiled a 22-foot-tall bronze statue in Boston Common ... saying the MLK embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. The famous photo should ...

The 22-foot statue unveiled in Boston last week is supposed ... charges of racism for saying the MLK embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. The famous photo should have been a FULL statue ...

Titled "Embrace," the 20-foot high statue was unveiled in Boston on Saturday ... Another added: "I know the design came from a photo of MLK and Coretta hugging each other. But why not have ...

Grotesque': The Embrace was unveiled to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King Jr on Boston Common. Photo / Lane, The Boston Globe via Getty Images A $15million statue dedicated to US Civil Rights ...

AP Photo/Steven Senne “Did you know that ... Jones saying what everyone is thinking about when seeing the MLK statue in Boston,” one person tweeted. “Call off the search.