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Batson is just the latest in her generation of Black Boston activists to be honored by a BPS school. The district’s McKinley schools were rededicated to Mel King last year.
The recent City Council vote on an ordinance to create a Planning Department within the city of Boston, with a proclaimed intent to sunset the powerful Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), recently known as the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), falls horribly short of delivering what Boston residents deserve. Allegedly part of the legislation promised by
/PRNewswire/ -- The South End Technology Center and the Mary J. Harris Foundation, Inc. announced their commitment to providing technology education and access...
GBH’s Tessil Collins, managing producer and curator of online jazz station, Jazz 24/7, knew her as a mentor — and as the mother of his childhood friend, Klare Shaw.
Sarah-Ann Shaw, who died last week at age 91, blazed a trail for Black women who work in television journalism. But her pioneering legacy goes far beyond that medium and includes all manner of civic and political engagement in her hometown, Boston. When she first appeared on the airwaves as a reporter for WBZ-Channel 4 in 1969, she was truly one of a kind. A native of Roxbury,