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Hundreds of dignitaries gathered in front of the State House last week for the rededication of the newly-restored Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment memorial.

2021 in Boston brought a year of historic political firsts and also saw the reopening of businesses and artistic venues that had been closed due to the pandemic.

Pamela King (right) shows her father Mel King (seated left) the sign naming the corner of Yarmouth and Columbus
Avenue in the South End as Melvin H. “Mel” King Square.

Feathers, sequins and shimmering costumes filled Franklin Park Saturday afternoon as Boston residents gathered for the annual Caribbean Carnival.

Artists work on a mural on a Washington Street building as part of the Nubian Square Public Art Initiative.

Now in its 21st year, Boston GospelFest, New England’s largest gospel music showcase, was held on August 8 at Franklin Park.

A break in the rain Sunday provided an ideal opportunity for scores of celebrants to march in the Roxbury Unity Parade. The parade began at Madison Park Vocational Technical High School and proceeded along Malcolm X. Boulevard to Washington Street, terminating in a festival at Malcolm X. Park.

Roxbury reunited in the street on Saturday at two outdoor events in Nubian Square; a block party hosted by Black Market and an open-air market hosted by the The American City Coalition.

Poetry enthusiasts gathered Saturday at the Blair Lot in Nubian Square for the inaugural Roxbury Poetry Festival. While much of the festival was virtual, the day-long event culminated with a publisher’s poetry slam sponsored by Button Poetry and a “Beast The Beat” concert battle highlighting a local hip-hop artists. PHOTOS: Angela Rowlings

Kim Janey, daughter of Roxbury who endured hurled rocks and racial slurs as an 11-year-old riding a school bus to Charlestown during desegregation, was sworn in as Boston’s first Black, first female mayor last Wednesday. Janey was sworn in by Kimberly Budd, the first Black chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

While the COVID-19 pandemic came to define 2020, the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd in May and the racial reckoning that came in its wake dominated headlines for much of the year as well.