Martin Luther King Jr.

In 2024, the evidence and impact of a changing climate were on display. More extreme storms swept the country and, this month, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2024 clocked in at the hottest year on record.

Over 20 years ago, the Museum of African American History and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras came together to put on a concert in honor of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Beverly Morgan-Welch, the museum’s director at the time, called on the youth ensemble to perform the tribute at the African Meeting House.

The start of a new year brings a clean slate, a fresh opportunity to use words for inspiration and goal setting. For Black students, messages of encouragement and wisdom — especially from educators and leaders who share their cultural heritage — can foster an empowering sense of identity and pride.

MLK Day 2025 marks the 40th holiday observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365,” is challenging in this politically polarized era.

The name of Nobel Prize winner Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holds a place of high distinction in world history. The civil rights icon inspired a global population with his words of peace and his actions of nonviolent protesting during the 1950s and ’60s.

On Martin Luther King Day, we celebrate his life and his message, but the true monument to King should not just be the outdoor memorial in D.C. … it must be the completion of the struggle he lived and died for.

In the two years since “The Embrace” was unveiled, Elizabeth Tiblanc has watched the sculpture come to mean so many different things to different people.

King was a warrior, and it is going to take many more warriors to make sure that this great country keeps moving forward.

This weekend marks the first anniversary of the unveiling of the sculpture “The Embrace,” by artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an opportunity for reflection on the legacy of the great civil rights leader and the work still needed to realize his vision of a more equitable world. Institutions around Boston will offer free admission, art-making activities, concerts and community dialogues honoring King.

If you’ve ever participated in a mass protest in Washington, D.C. or any gathering for social change, you have Bayard Rustin to thank.

“The Embrace,” a sculptural monument by artist Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, brings a new and dynamic piece of public art to Boston’s portfolio of straightforward statues.