By Beth Brosnan
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King, first met as students in Boston in the 1950s. This winter, the city honored them with the official dedication of The Embrace, a towering bronze sculpture designed by artist Hank Willis Thomas. Located within sight of the Suffolk campus, the sculpture was inspired by a photo of the Kings taken after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize—and serves as a reminder of the Kings’ shared belief in the power of love to drive lasting change. Among the civil rights leaders honored alongside the monument is the late community activist and Suffolk Law alumnus Harry Hom Dow, JD ’29, the first Chinese American to be admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.
Return to Table of Contents
Photograph by Michael J. Clarke
noteworthy
