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A diverse group of 60 METCO and Wayland students, parents and staff from Wayland Middle and High schools boarded three buses on May 8 for a tour of historic cultural sites in Boston neighborhoods. Just a few miles from tourists trekking downtown’s Freedom Trail, they visited the Boston places where history was made by people of color and their supporters Malcolm X’s Boston home, Freedom House and Bethel AME Church.
The event was funded by The Boston Bridges Initiative, a recently formed organization that supports cross-racial social engagement across the Greater Boston area.
The tour concluded at the Roxbury Heritage State Park, where students and bus drivers enjoyed Caribbean food outdoors, courtesy of vendor Jamaica Mi Hungry. Can the Duck Boats beat that?
Updated: 10:01 PM EDT May 8, 2021 Students in Massachusetts got the chance to see a number of sites in Boston where people of color and their supporters made history.Dr. Tony Laing, the director of the Wayland chapter of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), organized the Inclusive Boston: Cultural Youth Bus Tour for Wayland middle and high school students on Saturday.The diverse group of 60 METCO students, resident students, parents and staff stopped by historic cultural sites in Boston such as Malcolm X s home and the Freedom House.Other stops along the tour included the original site of METCO headquarters, National Center for Afro-American Artists, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Roxbury Community School, William Monroe Trotter House, Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, Jubilee Christian Church, Rise/Gateway to Boston, Bethel AME Church, Roxbury Community College and Roxbury Heritage State Park.The event was funded by the Boston Bridges Initiative, a recently-