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Protestor carrying a Black Lives Matter Flag at a Mass Action Against Police Brutality Protest in Boston

Protestors demand conviction in trial of Derek Chauvin

Sam Trottenberg March 7, 2021
Dozens of protesters gathered before 1 p.m. at Peters Park two days before the trial of Derek Chauvin, who has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd last May.
Boston Public Library Three Mothers webinar

BPL event highlights book on forgotten female ‘changemakers’ in civil rights history

Caroline Bowden February 25, 2021
Anna Malaika Tubbs' spoke about her debut book "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation" at a Boston Public Library conversation Tuesday. Her book highlights Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin, forgotten changemakers in U.S. history.
Demonstrators in front of a Roxbury police station, protesting police brutality. On Wednesday, Boston University held a Day of Collective Engagement to encourage faculty and students to have conversations about race. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Faculty, students spend day engaging in multi-faceted conversations on race

Cameron Morsberger June 24, 2020
BU hosted a “Day of Collective Engagement: Racism and Antiracism, Our Realities and Our Roles” Wednesday to encourage campus-wide conversation about racism. 
The Dudley MBTA Station in Roxbury, named after colonial-era Gov. Thomas Dudley, will soon be known as Nubian Station in an effort to better reflect the surrounding community. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

MBTA’s Dudley Station to become Nubian Station

Angela Yang February 20, 2020
For years the primary commercial center of Roxbury — a majority-black neighborhood — bore the name of Thomas Dudley, a colonial Massachusetts governor who enabled slavery.
Northeastern University's Archives and Special Collections Department unveils the Lower Roxbury Black History Project Tuesday night at Northeastern University. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Northeastern unveils project commemorating history of Lower Roxbury

Natalie Carroll April 19, 2017

Approximately 150 people gathered at the John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute at Northeastern University on Tuesday evening for the unveiling of the Lower Roxbury Black History Project, an...

STROINSKI: Mixed bag of free speech

STROINSKI: Mixed bag of free speech

Anna Stroinski February 23, 2017

We all, at least in the theoretical sense, have the right to speak freely, to criticize and to debate. Good ol’ Thomas Jefferson made sure it was explicit — the first and most important liberty alongside...

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