Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, defended a new monument that honors his parents following criticism of the recently unveiled sculpture.
The monument, which is called"," represents the hug Dr. King and Coretta Scott King shared after he won the Nobel Peace Price in 1964. The $10 million bronze sculpture, designed by Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group, has garnered mixed reactions since its unveiling last week in the Boston Common.Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images CNN's Don Lemon on Monday, which marked Martin Luther King Jr.
"I'm satisfied," King III said."Yeah, it didn't have my mom and dad's images but it represents something that brings people together. And in this day and age, when there's so much division, we need symbols that talk about bringing us together." "It's personal for me," King III added, noting that, had his parents never met in Boston,"maybe I wouldn't be here. So I'm grateful, number one, that it talks about the love story.
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