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Colonial-era marriage challenged race norms
Sewall joined the couple in marriage and helped establish the Bedunah name — thought to originate in the West African Akan tribe — in the United States. Descendants of Thomas and Lydia can be found in Boston, West Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota, Texas, Oregon and other states.
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Governor forms advisory council
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed an executive order creating a new Governor’s Advisory Council on Black Empowerment, to which Healey has appointed more than 30 members, tasked with advising the governor “on issues related to the...
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Activists weigh in on rent control
For one thing, Wu’s proposal, if it passes the Council, must then be taken up and passed by the state legislature to take effect — hardly a guaranteed outcome.
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Teacher builds wrestling program from scratch
In fact, Valenzuela has been credited for singlehandedly transforming the non-existent program into a qualifier at the state tournament, and he’s not stopping there. In February, all of the young women on the mixed-gender wrestling team qualified for the tournament.
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Organizers get training at Kennedy School
The Organizing Accelerator, a collaboration between the National NAACP and Groundwork Project, a Massachusetts-based political advocacy group, brought the activists to the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University to learn tactics and techniques to effect progressive change.
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Black history is American history
On Feb. 28, André Stark and I completed our year-and-ahalf-long effort to purchase this historic Bay State Banner. It was the last day of Black History Month, a fact not lost on the two of us. As I thought about it, it reminded me how important it is to teach and celebrate our country’s sometimes painful history.
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A note of thanks
As The Bay State Banner moves into a new phase, we at Mitchell Stark Enterprises want to thank the many prominent members of Greater Boston’s Black community who stepped up by providing private investment and financial support to make our purchase of the newspaper possible.
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IN THE NEWS
The University of Massachusetts announced the first residence hall at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) will be dedicated in honor of Chancellor Emeritus Dr. J. Keith Motley and former first lady Angela Motley. The Motleys were the driving force in expanding the university’s on-campus residential experience.
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Crispus Attucks Commemoration Day ceremony
Mayor Michelle Wu signs a proclamation declaring Crispus Attucks Commemoration Day during a ceremony at City Hall..
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The scrutiny of Kamala Harris
President Biden had a cancerous lesion successfully removed from his chest last month that was just reported. At 80, questions continue about his fitness to serve a second term. Questions also abound concerning Vice President Harris’ job performance and ability to lead the country if Biden cannot.
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BPD on court overtime: ‘We’re investigating’
Two years after launching an investigation into Boston Police Department records that showed officers appearing to collect court overtime pay while on duty outside of courthouses, a department spokesman told the Banner the investigation by the Bureau of Professional Standards is ongoing.
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Advocates push back on governor’s tax cuts
Governor Maura Healey’s tax proposal, filed March 1, has received mixed reviews from advocacy groups in the coalition that led the campaign for the Fair Share Amendment, which is expected to bring more than $1 billion in additional revenue to the state budget.
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Alopecia remains in public eye a year after 2022 Oscars
It’s Oscars time again. In advance of the March 12 ceremony, with Chris Rock finally speaking publicly about receiving Will Smith’s “slap heard around the world” on stage last year, it’s worth revisiting that incident and the larger issues it raised about how Black women are watched and how men try to protect them.
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Crispus Attucks Day
Mayor Michelle Wu greets Jumaada Abdal-Khallaq after signing a proclamation creating Crispus Attucks Day in Boston..
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Daring to Dream
Seeing Samantha Jane Williams play Hattie McDaniel, who in 1940 became the first Black recipient of an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the classic film “Gone with the Wind,” is reason enough not to miss “Boulevard of Bold Dreams,” presented through March 19 by the Greater Boston Stage Company in its jewel box of a theater in Stoneham.
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Celebrity Series Jazz Festival an eclectic mix
The Celebrity Series of Boston’s Jazz Festival is back! From Wednesday, March 8 through Saturday, March 11, this year’s festival presents an eclectic mix of internationally celebrated musicians. The Melissa Aldana Quartet, Hiromi, Nnenna Freelon and Ambrose Akinmusire are the headliners.
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Retelling Chaucer in‘The Wife of Willesden’
Writing in the late 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer composed the first masterpiece in the English language, “The Canterbury Tales.” Of its 28 characters, who are pilgrims traveling from London to the Canterbury Cathedral, the most memorable is the Wife of Bath.
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