Cousin of MLK Jr’s wife Coretta Scott King blasts divisive new $10m Boston sculpture honoring civil rights icon and slams it as a ‘woke’ waste of money

/

(Source: The Daily Mail)

  • Seneca Scott is King’s cousin and a failed candidate for mayor of Oakland
  • ‘Ten million dollars were wasted’ Scott said of the newly-unveiled statue 
  • ‘The Embrace’ depicts the famous hug between MLK and Scott King 
  • Scott called the $10million statue a ‘woke’ waste of money 

The cousin of Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife, Coretta Scott King, has called the newly-unveiled statue celebrating the civil rights icon a ‘woke‘ waste of money. 

The 20-foot-high piece ‘The Embrace’ depicts the famous hug between the two civil rights leaders after MLK Jr. learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. 

Seneca Scott, King’s cousin and a failed candidate for mayor of Oakland in 2022, spoke out against the statue Sunday. 

Read Full Story