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.
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Boston Scenes: Roxbury Poetry Festival Publisher’s Poetry Slam
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
Boston Scenes: Kim Janey sworn in
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.
2020: year in review
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.
Boston Scenes: Get out the vote
Former state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, Yes on 2 co-chair Jesse Mermell, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan and 12th Suffolk District candidate Brandy Flucker Oakley greet voters at the Lower Mills branch of the Boston Public Library Tuesday, Nov. 3. BANNER PHOTO
Boston Scenes: Ride for Black Lives
A crowd of more than 600 cyclists participated in the Ride for Black Lives, taking over city streets as they made their way from Franklin Park to the Boston Common.
6-4-20: Scenes from local protests against police violence
Boston Scenes 5-14-20: Social instance
Boston Scenes 5-7-20: Gone fishing
Pandemic in Boston: scenes of a deserted city
At 9 a.m. in Dewey Square, commuters normally stream out of South Station, competing with crawling auto traffic as they head to downtown office towers. Monday, the scene downtown was eerily quiet with lone commuters traversing empty expanses of pavement. In Downtown Crossing at 8:45, Washington, Winter and Summer streets were desolate, with storefronts darkened […]
