E335 - Embrace Boston President & CEO Imari Paris Jeffries on the Importance of Remembering History

Imari is a captivating speaker who recently spoke to a number of news outlets about how Dr. King would have stood up against last week’s deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis and the attack on Venezuela that took President Nicolas Maduro into custody. In a climate in which nearly 40% of Dr. King-related civil rights legislation being rolled back federally, Imari draws an important distinction about King’s legacy, asking people to move away from the ceremonial aspect of King’s legacy to consider the causes he took action on. Visually, Embrace is working with partners to install monuments and markers around...