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EDITORIAL: Monica Cannon-Grant reminds us a movement is more meaningful than its mastermind

Editors March 17, 2022
What was for Cannon-Grant a few thousand in unreported income is now being used to discredit nonprofits and perhaps even the Black Lives Matter movement as a whole. 
boston university college democrats spring panel

BU College Democrats hold annual Spring panel, discuss activism

Vanessa Bartlett April 16, 2021
Faculty and activists discussed the experiences and challenges faced when organizing for change.
Melnea Cass speaking at a memorial of the boston massacre

Boston’s Revolutionary Spaces honors activists’ legacies on 251st anniversary of Boston Massacre

Rachel Do March 10, 2021
Boston's Revolutionary Spaces held a virtual panel Friday with local civil rights activists to mark the 251st anniversary of the Boston Massacre and commemorate activists across generations.
Protesters march through Boston to demand justice for Breonna Taylor

Protesters march through Boston to demand justice for Breonna Taylor

Daniel Kool September 26, 2020
Activists gathered at a park across from Boston Police District B-2 in Roxbury Friday evening to protest a grand jury decision not to press criminal charges for the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman killed by Louisville, Ky. police in March.
Angela Davis spoke about violence against women and its challenge to racism Saturday at Boston University’s Jacob Sleeper Auditorium Saturday. RACHEL SHARPLES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston residents upset after being barred from Angela Davis talk

Audrey Martin February 10, 2019
BU announced Thursday the university’s talk with Angela Davis on Saturday would only be open to BU students — and Boston residents who had gotten tickets well in advance would no longer be allowed to attend.
Teenage students from Boston Public Schools walked out of class Monday afternoon in protest of school closures and gun homicides. HANNAH SCHOENBAUM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BPS students ‘die-in’ outside Walsh’s office to protest gun violence, school foreclosures

Hannah Schoenbaum November 20, 2018
"Step over our dead bodies," Dorchester resident Latasha Thompson demanded of City of Boston employees as they waded through a sea of seemingly lifeless children’s bodies sprawled in the hallway outside Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s office Monday afternoon.
Mike Capuano and Rep. Stephen Lynch at the Town Hall for Our Lives on Saturday afternoon. The event was held at the Bruce C. Polling Municipal Building in Roxbury. PHOTO BY ELIZA SHAW/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Town Hall for Our Lives continues gun reform debate in Roxbury

Vivian Situ April 8, 2018
Town Hall for Our Lives was held Saturday afternoon in Roxbury for students and members of the community to question elected officials about their support for the gun reform movement.
Protesters on the Boston Common during the March for Our Lives Rally. March for Our Lives marches and rallies were held across the United States on Saturday. PHOTO BY VIVIAN MYRON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Tens of thousands crowd Boston Common for March for Our Lives

Michal Shvimer March 25, 2018
Tens of thousands crowded the Boston Common to rally against gun violence Saturday afternoon during Boston’s March for Our Lives, a protest that occurred in cities across the country.
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