Boston has a long legacy of racism and discrimination, and a pair of new reports dig into the lasting harms still facing Black people in Boston. Embrace Boston’s “Harm Report” and the National Urban League’s “State of Black America”.
A new report from Embrace Boston suggests that repairing generations of inequality and inequity will take more than monetary amends.
Charlotte Mathews-Nelson, who with her late husband, Leon Nelson, devoted her life’s work to civil rights efforts, said she is humbled to be honored as one of 69 heroes at Embrace Boston’s 1965 Freedom Plaza.
As Boston embarks on a massive undertaking to examine possible reparations for Black residents, a new report detailing the lasting legacy of slavery and systemic racism in the city offers solutions to redress
The caption beneath a now-faded action shot of a young man speaking reads “Julian Houston, New Leader,”
WALKING THROUGH the Boston Common, the towering bronze sculpture is hard to miss. Stories-tall winding metal depicts the embracing arms of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
For José Massó III, the power of music can never be overstated. The longtime host of WBUR’s “¡Con Salsa!,” a bilingual Afro-Latin music program that’s been on the air for nearly five decades
Jean McGuire’s legacy has largely been defined by her work in Boston Public Schools, and in her stewardship of Franklin Park, the crown jewel of Boston’s Emerald Necklace of green space that runs through the city.
“To thine own self be true” — this six-word line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet could serve as the living mantra for Sarah-Ann Shaw‘s decades-long career.
Through more than four decades as a city councilor, School Committee chairman, and Suffolk County register of probate, Felix D. Arroyo dedicated his trailblazing career to the fight for social justice and equity
