Clip: Season 11 Episode 2 | 1m 16s | Video has closed captioning.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas is at the unveiling of his sculpture, “The Embrace,” a monument celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, in Boston. Through this public artwork, he hopes to inspire people to reflect on the past with care and concern for the future, and continue to give people a sense of pride and connection beyond this lifetime.
Aired: 06/23/23
- [crowd] Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!
[cheers and applause] ♪tender synth music - [Hank VO] There are so many monuments to heroes of war, and there are not very many to heroes of nonviolence.
I'd like to believe that this is just the beginning of a new way of thinking about how public space can be viewed, and how we reflect on the past with care and concern for the future.
I want to make work that really gives people a sense of pride and connection, that's going to mean something to people beyond my circle, beyond my world, and beyond this lifetime.
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