Embrace Boston is ‘pushing forward for change,’ mirroring King’s legacy
Tiblanc, vice president of arts and culture at Embrace Boston, the organization that partnered with the city on the statue, said it has become a place of gathering, resistance and reflection. Different groups have come together and rallied around different causes in its vicinity.

NAACP’s education work marches on
Elevated to the regional level after the national conference in Boston, the former branch president passed the torch to Royal Smith. A Roxbury native, Smith graduated from Jeremiah E. Burke High School — now Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology — and attended Johnson & Wales University.

For health equity advocates, work of MLK came first
While much of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is focused on things like workers’ rights, access to quality education, discrimination, transportation and other efforts trying to dismantle systemic racism, health equity leaders today point to another aspect of King’s work.

Activists pushback on BPS closings
News the city is planning to shutter four Boston Public Schools buildings next year was met with frustration last week as activists renewed calls for the district to create a comprehensive facilities plan and conduct equity analyses before announcing school closures.

Youth Orchestra, MAAH celebrate King
Over 20 years ago, the Museum of African American History and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras came together to put on a concert in honor of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Beverly Morgan-Welch, the museum’s director at the time, called on the youth ensemble to perform the tribute at the African Meeting House.

Environmental justice is ‘another branch on the civil rights tree’
More extreme storms swept the country and, this month, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2024 clocked in at the hottest year on record, with global temperatures likely reaching more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

These monuments to King must not be the only ones.
These monuments to King must not be the only ones..

The best monuments to MLK: acts of activism like his
I had the pleasure of being honored at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury as the new publisher and editor of the Bay State Banner, along with my co-owner and associate publisher André Stark, at the church’s annual Martin Luther King celebration.

The end of the EPA’s environmental justice era
While President Biden’s lone term in office will run through January 19, the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael S. Regan, who left his post at the end of December, in many ways marks the end of a too-short — and ultimately failed — experiment in seeking environmental justice through regulation.

IN THE NEWS
On Sunday, Jan. 19, Reverend Irene Monroe and her wife, Dr. Thea James, will be given the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Honor by the social justice and advocacy organization Embrace Boston.

What it takes to embody MLK’s dream
MLK Day 2025 marks the 40th holiday observance. The theme, “Mission Possible: Protecting Freedom, Justice, and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence 365,” is challenging in this politically polarized era. With this new presidency, we are called to reaffirm our values and hold them against a hard reality that provides a promise for future generations.

Inspirational quotes to start Black students strong in 2025
The year 2024 was a challenging one for Black students, teachers and language. Some school districts banned books, others restricted how classrooms discussed Black history and still others tried to curb Black kids from using cultural slang.

The man who led a movement
His legend lives on through his inspiring messages, and numerous statues memorializing his honor throughout parks, streets and many other public facilities. To fully understand his significance to America, look at some of his most important achievements according to The King Center.

The lessons we’ve learned
His messages were blunt, effective and inspiring. A master of words, King showed courage in the face of inequality and encouraged others to stand up against injustice, even if it is unpopular to do so.

Go to RCC For Free!
In addition to offering free community college, RCC takes pride in providing students with the non-academic support needed for success. The Office of Project Access provides students with assistance obtaining SNAP benefits, reduced-fare MBTA passes, tax prep assistance, housing assistance, and more.

Leaders inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the most prestigious ways to honor the late Martin Luther King Jr. is to continue the Civil Rights Movement in his honor. He played a major role in shaping America as we know it today. Along the way, he inspired numerous activists to carry on his legacy by changing the world.

King and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks is fingerprinted in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. She was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Parks’s action led to the 1955–56 Montgomery bus boycott, which is recognized as the spark that ignited the U.

Honor his legacy: Empower your community
King was an important advocate during the civil rights movement and pushed to ensure citizens were treated fairly. If you notice injustice in your community, speak up through adversity and draw attention to a cause you believe in.

Two holidays in one
The general MLK Day was set in 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed a bill putting it into federal law. But the celebration of King’s legacy and civil rights efforts didn’t stop there. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service was established when President Bill Clinton signed the King Holiday and Service Act of 1994.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and sports inspiration
The name of Nobel Prize winner Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holds a place of high distinction in world history. The civil rights icon inspired a global population with his words of peace and his actions of nonviolent protesting during the 1950s and ’60s.

Ivy League basketball season begins
The Ivy basketball season was well underway this past weekend. The Harvard men’s team lost their initial league match of the year at home to Princeton, 68-64. The Harvard women’s team played in their second Ivy contest, a heart breaking 52-50 loss to Princeton in New Jersey.

Report: Boost investment in low-income areas by training impact fund managers
Since 2013, Boston Impact Initiative has brought more than $15 million of capital to entrepreneurs and communities of color across Massachusetts and the Northeast. Since April 2020, BII has also been training people to launch and lead other funds that can have impact of their own on the racial wealth divide.

Advocates cheer new credit reporting rule
“The payment plan was outrageous,” said Verrier, who lives in Brookfield. “They wanted me to pay a couple hundred dollars a month on top of all the other bills I had already had. And I said it wasn’t doable. And they said, unfortunately, ‘That’s all we can do for you.

Jadu Coffee Shop Opens
Segun Idowu and Alia Forrest from the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Jadu, a coffee shop located on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain..

L.A. firestorms destroy a historic Black community
It made sense for him to hold on: He bought the house in 1968, when it wasn’t easy for Black people to own property in L.A., much less in a great neighborhood like Altadena. To Nickerson, a retired engineer who clocked in at Lock-heed-Martin for almost half a century, there was no reason to panic.

Who is haunting whom?
The classic haunted house trope gets a fresh twist in “Haunted,” a humorous and chilling tale about two Indigenous siblings haunting a house where they died 20 years ago, written and directed by multi-hyphenate Seminole/Mvskoke playwright Tara Moses..

Free museum admission, concerts and more events to honor MLK Day
Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration and honoring of the work done by the famed civil rights leader. Organizations around Boston are offering free museum admission, family-friendly activities and live performances for the occasion.

‘Let the Children Sing!’
As such, Gibson, a professor at Clark University and Berklee College of Music and a literary performer, views his role in “Let the Children Sing!” — a youth concert honoring key historical figures — as a purveyor of “historic context” necessary to “frame the music which is being heard.