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Historic Twelfth Baptist Church, with a birth of 1840, is the oldest direct descendent of the African Baptist Church which was founded on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts in 1805.
The church is now located in the Roxbury section of Boston. Over the years, preachers from the pulpit of Twelfth Baptist Church have preached of a common faith united in exploring what it means to be a people of God through the saving power and leadership of Jesus Christ..
They have proclaimed the Bible as the true, divine, authoritative, infallible, inspired word of God.
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The Embrace is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in December 2022. The artwork commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and depicts four intertwined arms, representing the hug they shared after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The work was created by welding together about 609 smaller pieces. The sculpture has received largely negative responses from critics and the public.
The Embrace is a 20-foot tall (6.1 m) and 25-foot wide (7.6 m) bronze sculpture weighing 19 tons. It depicts four intertwined arms and hands, representing an embrace between Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Details include buttons on the sleeves of his arms, and a bracelet on her wrist.
The sculpture design is intended to emphasize the Kings' commitment to nonviolence and the importance of love as a motivating factor in their civil rights movement work.
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Built in 1806, the African Meeting House served as the African Baptist Church of Boston (a.k.a. First Independent Baptist Church) and it is considered the oldest extant Black church building in America.
The Reverend Thomas Paul, a native of New Hampshire, spearheaded the founding of this church and served as its minister until 1829. Officially constituted on 8 August 1805 with twenty-four members, including fifteen women, the African Baptist Church soon began plans to construct this new meeting house.
Cato Gardner, a native African, led the fundraising effort by personally raising $1,500. African American craftsmen provided most of the labor. The African Meeting House is listed as a site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Learn more about the Network to Freedom.
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