Susie King Taylor led a remarkable life. Born into slavery in ante-bellum Georgia, she served as a Union Army nurse, caring for wounded and dying soldiers in the Civil War, although she was never properly compensated for her work. She learned to read and write by attending secret schools and went on to help others to do the same. Later, she became the first Black woman to
Environment chief will focus instead on church ministry When Rev. Mariama White-Hammond steps to the microphone at press conferences, she often calls on everyone present to slow down and take a breath, or maybe participate in some lively line dancing. That’s the spirit that the 44-year-old Dorchester resident has brought to her role as the city’s chief of Environment, Energy,
Leaders and stakeholders in the early movement to desegregate Boston school reflected on buried experiences and lessons of the period at the first forum Tuesday marking the upcoming 50th anniversary of the momentous busing order and pushed for continued action.
United American Indians of New England (UAINE), the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) and other organizations have called for a march and rally on Oct. 7 to demand that the Massachusetts legislature forever replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. This decades-long struggle of Indigenous peoples in Massachusetts,…
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