City proposal would memorialize ‘first Black Patriot’ of Revolution
A new proposal in the Boston City Council would memorialize Crispus Attucks, a Colonial-era figure embraced as the first martyr of the American Revolution.
How structural racism is hurting Black Bostonians
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”.
Dr. Paris Jeffries Talks Harm Report On GBH’s Culture Show
A new report from Embrace Boston suggests that repairing generations of inequality and inequity will take more than monetary amends.
Charlotte Mathews-Nelson and Leon Nelson, NAACP leaders, advanced educational and economic equality in Boston
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.
In building a case for local reparations, Embrace Boston report aims to connect past to present
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
‘Fighting the good fight for decades’: Retired judge Julian Houston has long pushed to help youth
The caption beneath a now-faded action shot of a young man speaking reads “Julian Houston, New Leader,”
Embrace Boston looking to build two new monuments
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 nearly 50 years on the radio, José Massó built a bridge between cultures in Boston
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
In Boston’s Jean McGuire, a legacy of success in those she uplifted
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.
Sarah-Ann Shaw will leave ‘big shoes to fill’ for Boston journalists, advocates
“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.