A new memorial honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is being unveiled this Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the Boston Common. Imari Paris Jeffries, the Executive Director of Embrace Boston, describes the tribute to the Kings and other Boston Civil Rights leaders with host Nina Turner.

Scholar Jose B. Gonzalez shares the little known friendship that blossomed between Dr. King and Cesar Chavez despite the fact these civil rights titans never met in person.

And, Professor Laura Walls, author of Thoreau: A Life explains how the American philosopher–who died 100 years before the apex of Dr. King’s career–inspired the activist through his commitment to civil disobedience inspired by a higher law

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