By adamg on Mon., 1/19/2015 - 10:10 am 
Today's Google doodle in honor of Martin Luther King Day is by Ekua Holmes of Roxbury, who is on the board of the Boston Arts Commission.
She writes of her overall work:
During my childhood, I was nurtured by a loving and supportive community of men and women who played important roles in my life. In everything I create, I hear them saying, “Remember Me.†Through my work, I honor their legacies by bringing them forward to life with torn and cut shapes of color and texture. With these scraps and remnants, assembled like a “down-home†quilt, I rebuild my world, putting in only what speaks to my personal and cultural narrative.
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Well, the reason is obvious.
By mplo
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:33pm
The protestors who insisted on chaining themselves to each other in cement barrels and blocking I-93 acted like kids, plain and simple.
Okay, I'll bite
By Waquiot
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 5:42pm
King would have done a better job organizing this. Evans would have worked with King. The press would have been able to discuss the demands of King. No one would have been fired.
King marched in Boston in the 1960s. No one was arrested. In the 1960s.
Also, if King were some DYFC employee, he'd be wasting his doctorate and probably doing a poor job on civil rights.
I bet my friend
By Anonymous
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 11:56am
I bet my friend I could get 13 comments posted on this arts thread.
You've
By anon
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 12:24pm
Already ruined this thread by injecting you personal views on a completely different topic.Views which seem to not be held by the majority of people.
I think what you're objecting to is a hallmark of Universal Hub
By Anonymous
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 2:27pm
I think what you're objecting to is a hallmark of Universal Hub
So basically, you are
By RhoninFire
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 12:53pm
So basically, you are trolling. The actual definition of trolling - Making comments to incite arguments than wanting to discuss in good faith.
the above
By Anonymous
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 1:08pm
No. the above-- how many comments I could get-- was a joke.
I'm sincere about my hypothetical that if MLK did what Nelli did, Mayor Walsh would have fired him.
Congratulations Ekua Holmes
By cw in boston
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 12:59pm
I thought the work on her website was very interesting--lots of tropical colors, yet with an urban feel. I'm glad she's on the Boston Arts Commission. Nice job.
Tropical colors
By Belmont
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:44pm
Just the kind of colors I like to see on a January day in New England.
I love the picture of the man reading the newspaper -
with the newspaper created from cutouts of a newspaper.
A quilt!!!
By MassMouse
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 2:02pm
So happy Ms. Holmes' work is highlighted on Google today - especially since I am working on my own quilt right now!!!!
Telling a story
By Belmont
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:49pm
A story could be told from any one of her pictures.
I like the patterns of the clothes that the people are wearing.
Republican MLK would never have been hired by Marty Walsh
By O-FISH-L
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 2:35pm
Congratulations to Ms. Holmes for having her artwork selected by Google. As for the debate on whether Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been fired by Marty Walsh, it's ludicrous because as a Republican, Dr. King never would have been hired.
honestly
By Anonymous
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 2:49pm
Marty Walsh didn't hire her. Someone below his level hired her. Is it even legal to screen employees at her level by party registration? Do theey screen police candidates by party registration? I don't think so. But Marty Walsh certainly endorsed the decision to fire her. He said he didn't give it a second thought. I'm inclined to think he'd do the same to MLK in the same conditions.
It's doubly ludicrous because
By lbb
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 4:35pm
It's doubly ludicrous because as a progressive person with a conscience, if he were alive today, Dr. King would not be a Republican (if not by his choice, then because he'd have been drummed out by the very same people spit-spraying about dangerous agitators rawr on these threads).
Because
By anon
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:11pm
You were personal friends with MLK? MLK fought for individuals rights, any individual regardless of the color of ones skin. Not cradle to grave welfare. He wanted people to be able to accomplish their own personal goal regardless of their believes, not a hand out or preferential treatment like affirmative action. If you read a history book or anything Dr. king wrote you would rapidly change your stance.
MLK was a republican and the KKK were democrats. History is history, and facts are facts. Don't try and distort the truth to prove a point.
Please don't act like you know what you're talking about
By adamg
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:20pm
"Republican" in 1964 meant something quite different than it does today. Republicans long ago lost the right to claim Lincoln as one of theirs, except by some historical quirk that was buried way under the ground by the works of Nixon and Lee Atwater. Yes, Democrats back in the day have much to answer for but a) They're all dead now and b) You might want to read up on Byrd's last years.
Were King to be alive today, the odds of him being a Republican would approximate those of you making any sense.
As for King being some sort of Randian right-winger, please. Go read the Letter from Birmingham Jail. After you've read it - all the way through - you go ahead and tell me King's sole purpose was to promote the sort of stuff Paul Ryan spouts. Just warn me first - I want to make sure I'm not drinking anything when I begin laughing.
Was it Nixon or the brothers Kennedy who bugged MLK Jr's phone?
By O-FISH-L
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 7:01pm
Was it Nixon and Atwater who bugged MLK Jr's phone or the Democrat brothers Kennedy?
You're right though, had MLK Jr. witnessed the hate spewed at Justice Thomas, Dr. Rice, U.S. Reps Watts, West, Love etc. he may have opted out. Perhaps he'd feel more comfortable as a Democrat with fellow-minority Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
As for Democrat leader Byrd's transformation in later years, by age 84, he had evolved, no longer focusing his concern on blacks but on what he called "white niggers" in 2001. Progressive!
I find it hard to believe
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 7:17pm
... that so much hateful stupidity can be packed into a single real-life human being.
No, MLK Jr. was not a Republican
By Anonymous
Tue, 01/20/2015 - 4:11am
No, MLK Jr. was not a Republican — but here’s what he had to say about them
You're not going to win this game
By adamg
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 7:34pm
Who said the Kennedys were perfect? Also, who knows what Hoover had on them?
Plus: Nixon, Nixon, Nixon.
What beautiful work,
By CRD
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 2:47pm
I was really touched by this, and was quite pleased to find out the artist is local. What a gorgeous tribute to Dr. King. Thank you kindly, Ms. Holmes, thank you.
Her work is gorgeous! I'd
By Felicity
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 3:02pm
Her work is gorgeous! I'd love to see the city commission her to do some public art/murals. It would add so much life!
Google-fu failing me
By Kaz
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:28pm
Is anyone aware of where prints of Ekua Holmes' work might be purchasable online?
Fill out her contact form and ask her?
By Ron Newman
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 6:46pm
The form is here.
Yeah, found that
By Kaz
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 11:15pm
Her site was struggling a bit today a few times. So I wasn't sure how easy/quickly I'd get a response. I was hoping someone would know more and be able to chime in.
Ekua's Evening Art Walks
By Ron Newman
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 7:00pm
During the summer months, Ekua Holmes leads art tours of her neighborhood on behalf of Discover Roxbury. Watch the organization's website this spring or early summer for more details.
I love this! Her work is
By Tanja
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 11:13pm
I love this! Her work is gorgeous. I'm so happy to see a talented local artist get featured.
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