Step into the sanctuary of the African Meeting House and you will walk on the same ancient floorboards where Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and other prominent abolitionists railed against slavery in the 19th century, and where free black men gathered to shape the famed 54th Massachusetts Civil War regiment.
Following a painstaking, $9 million restoration, [...]
Bay State Banner
- The idea of public service is nothing new among Boston African Americans. In 1867, Edwin Walker and Charles Mitchell were elected to the state legislature and became the first black state legislators in the United States. From then until 1902, 13 different black men served at various times in the general court, [...]
Boston Business Journal
- Applying a settlement obtained from a Theater District nightclub that allegedly discriminated against African Americans, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office donated $28,500 in grants Tuesday to four organizations that help black students obtain higher education.
The money came from the February settlement in the case against the Cure Lounge nightclub in Boston, which [...]
A federal court jury in Massachusetts will be hearing opening arguments in the trial of a man charged with burning down a predominantly black church in Springfield because he was upset that Barack Obama was elected president.
Opening arguments are set for Monday in the trial of Michael Jacques (JAKES’) at U.S. District Court in Springfield.
Jacques [...]
change.org
- Late last year, a Boston nightclub ended an event for black Harvard and Yale alumni for fear that the long line of African Americans outside the club would attract ‘gangbangers’. Now, after months of legal wrangling, the club owner has agreed to apologize!
It all began just before Thanksgiving, when a black Ivy League alumni [...]
