Begun in 2019, Thomas’ most recent project, The Embrace (2022), is a memorial inspired by an archival photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, embracing after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. In collaboration with Mass Design Group, Embrace Boston, and The Boston Foundation, the 20-foot tall, 32-foot-wide bronze sculpture is a continuation of the artist’s inquiry into economic and racial justice and an ode to collaboration, love, and equality. It was unveiled in January 2023 at its permanent home in Boston Common, where, in 1965, Dr. King led a march from the Roxbury neighborhood to the downtown public park.