Martin Luther King Jr.'s Son Defends Controversial New Monument that draws National Attention

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Martin Luther King III, tus tub ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm pej xeem txoj cai Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thiab Coretta Scott King, tau hais rau hnub Monday tias nws "txaus siab" thiab "txav" los ntawm ib lub monument tshiab rau nws niam nws txiv hauv Boston, txawm tias muaj qee qhov kev tsis txaus siab. hais txog qhov tsis ntev los no unveiled artwork.

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

Hais lus rau CNN, Vajntxwv hais tias nws tau "tau txav los ntawm kev ntxhov siab, lub peev xwm loj ntawm cov duab puab," thiab xav tias tus kws kos duab, Hank Willis Thomas, "ua tau zoo heev."

Hu ua "Lub Embrace," cov duab puab paub daws teeb pom kev puag tus Vaj sib koom hauv xyoo 1964 tab sis tsuas yog qhia lawv txhais tes thiab tes, thiab txawm tias lub monument "tsis muaj kuv niam lossis txiv cov duab ... nws sawv cev rau ib yam dab tsi uas coj tib neeg los ua ke," King hais.

Huab tais kuj nyiam txoj haujlwm vim nws sawv cev rau nws txiv thiab nws niam, uas tseem yog pej xeem pej xeem tau ntau xyoo tom qab nws tus txiv raug tua, raws li "ntau lub monuments tau ua nyob ib ncig ntawm txiv," nws hais.

Nws tus muam Bernice tweeted Hnub Monday, "Raws li koj ua kev nco txog #MLKDay, thov nco ntsoov kuv niam, ib yam nkaus...Yog tsis muaj #CorettaScottKing, yuav tsis muaj MLK Hnub."

Tus lej Loj

22ft ua. Qhov ntawd yog qhov siab npaum li cas "Lub Embrace" yog. Lub bronze artwork tau nthuav tawm hnub Friday thiab zaum hauv keeb kwm Boston Common. Thomas tau raug xaiv los tsim cov khoom hauv 2019 ntawm 126 qhov kev xa tawm. Vajntxwv ntsib thaum kawm nyob rau hauv Boston, thiab Martin Luther King Jr. tau tuav ib qho ntawm thawj pej xeem txoj cai taug kev hauv cheeb tsam xyoo 1965, uas tau xaus rau ntawm Common. Qee 20,000 tus neeg taug kev tuaj koom hnub ntawd.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Tus pej thuam tau kos cov kev tawm tsam polarizing txij li nws tau nthuav tawm lub lim tiam dhau los. Boston Globe Tus kws sau xov xwm Adrian Walker tau sau tias lub monument "yog qhov zoo nkauj, zoo nkauj nyob ze rau hauv txoj kev duab tawm tsam kom ntes," vim nws loj. Qhov no tuaj yeem yog vim li cas ntau tus neeg hauv social media tau yws txog thiab thuam tus tsim, hais tias nws nyuaj rau kev nkag siab tias cov neeg saib tau saib ntawm qee lub kaum sab xis, thiab cov ceg tawv li cas. Boston Herald columnist Rasheed Walters hu ua tus mlom "zoo nkauj tsis kaj siab" thiab "s viav vias loj thiab nco txog kev hwm ntawm Dr & Mrs King." Hnub Monday tau ua kev zoo siab rau Martin Luther King Jr. Hnub, ib hnub tom qab dab tsi yuav yog King lub hnub yug 94 xyoos.

Kev Nkag Siab Hais

Martin Luther King III hais rau CNN, ntawm qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb, "Nws yog cov ntsiab lus, txhua tus muaj lawv cov kev xav," “Tab sis kev xav zoo li pob tw. Txhua tus muaj ib qho. "

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Puas yog Boston npaj txhij los 'Rau' ib zaj dab neeg sib txawv? (Lub Boston Globe)

Keeb kwm tom qab 'Lub Embrace': Martin Luther King Jr. thiab Coretta Scott King's Boston kev sib txuas (Lub Boston Globe)

Martin Luther King Jr. pej thuam hauv Boston rub tawm online thuam, thuam (Washington Post)