American Greatness

On Friday, Boston unveiled its tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King—a massive bronze statue titled “The Embrace.” The statue is said to be modeled after a famous photograph of the two Civil Rights leaders hugging after MLK received his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. For whatever reason, the designers of the monument decided to leave the heads and torsos of the two subjects out, turning what was a nice concept in theory into a colossal failure.