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Markers and Reminders: MLK to BLM

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It’s time to reflect on the significance of our local and national history with regard to black icons and community activists.  

Cambridge Forum partners with the Harvard Square Business Association to examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and Black Lives Matter’s impact on the history of Cambridge, Boston and beyond.

Recorded 1/19/2021

CF: Markers and Reminders: MLK to BLM
it’s called “The Embrace.” The statue is an abstract based on a famous picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Coretta Scott King hugging each other.

Speakers include Denise Jillson, Executive Director of HSBA and Denise Simmons, Cambridge City Councillor. In addition Imari Paris Jeffries, Executive Director of King Boston discusses the planned three-story “Embrace” memorial to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

A portrait of American singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone by artist  Lennie Peterson being installed in the Out of Town News Kiosk in Harvard Square as a prelude to Martin Luther King’s Day on Monday, January 18th.