Tag: Black History Month
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MCI makeover plans raise queries about Malcolm X’s time inside
In 1947, a young inmate named Malcolm Little — later known as Malcolm X — spent 15 months inside Massachusetts’ longest-running prison. He was serving part of an eight- to 10-year sentence that would transform him into one of the…
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Black History Month celebrations in a time of erasure
Worshipers celebrate Black History Month service at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury on Feb.15. Credit: Jiaxu Liu While Black History Month is observed this year in Boston and beyond, the Trump administration has taken actions that many say attempt to…
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Using the Arts to Confront the Racism That’s Not Always Seen
Inside Belmont High School’s Black Box Theater on Friday, Feb. 27, music and poetry will take on a subject some communities might believe they have already solved: racism. But for organizers and performers behind the upcoming Black History Month concert,…