Here's where Boston reparations task force stands
The earliest that Black Bostonians might get to weigh in on this process will be 2025, meaning that reparations might not materialize for years to come.
Source: bostonglobe.com
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Quincy Market: the once and future memory … er, urban marketplace
An edited sample of online readers' reactions to Joan Vennochi's piece in the special Ideas section "Blueprints for a new downtown Boston."
Source: bostonglobe.com
How the nearly 50-year-old 'The Soiling of Old Glory' continues to make an impact
Photographer Stanley Forman captured a desegregation protest at City Hall Plaza that roiled the nation.
Source: wgbh.org
Northeastern research team to study Boston's legacy of slavery
Research teams from Northeastern University and Tufts University attended a Boston Task Force on Reparations meeting Feb. 6 to announce their research partnership examining Boston’s history and legacy of slavery. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu first announced the research teams Jan. 24 to document the city of Boston’s “role in and ties to the transatlantic slave...
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'We're at a pivot point in American history': administrators and professors discuss how to maintain diversity on campus after SCOTUS ruling bans affirmative action
On Jan. 16, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities held a session of its “Civility Series” titled “Northeastern Reflects: The State of Affirmative Action, the State of Belonging” to “discuss and debate creative paths forward on diversity, equity, and belonging.” The event, which discussed how the university would move forward after the Supreme Court...
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Researchers on Boston's reparations task force can be a template for other American cities, says Bay State Banner's Ron Mitchell
Boston chose the group of academics who will be researching the city's role in the transatlantic slave trade and subsequent discrimination.
Source: wgbh.org
Researchers will document the history and legacy of enslavement in Boston, reparations task force announces
The city and reparations task force said researchers will conduct both original historical research and provide a comprehensive review of major themes and findings on the City’s history from 1620 to the present in a written report.
Massachusetts Bay United States Northeastern University Tufts University Lmerchie Frazier Richard Obryant
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Boston Reparations Task Force research teams named – NECN
The City of Boston has announced the members of two teams of people who will work to research and document the city's ties and role in slavery as part of the...
Northeastern University United States City Of Boston Tufts University Deborah Jackson Richard Obryant
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The Charles Stuart case and former Boston mayor Ray Flynn's legacy
If the former Boston mayor can talk about it, he should.
United States Northeastern University South Boston George Russell Eugene Rivers Joyce Ferriabough Bolling
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Faculty senate hears diversity update, provost speaks on wellness days, Huskies for a Free Palestine sit-in
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs David Madigan announced to Northeastern’s Faculty Senate Dec. 6 that there were several “rule violations” at a Dec. 1 sit-in organized by Huskies for a Free Palestine, signaling that protestors’ disruption of university business will result in an investigation. At the biweekly meeting, members of the senate...
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