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Boston City Hall showcases art for Black History Month
BOSTON – The cement block exterior of City Hall doesn't normally attract admirers, but inside the gray façade, the work of…
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Maggie Walker’s journey ‘up on the rough side of the mountain’
Faced with the oppressive challenges that plagued Maggie Walker (1864-1934), most people would react with defeatist resignation or bitter resentment. Not so…
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William Wells Brown’s intrepid journey as the first African-American playwright
After his dramatic escape from slavery, William Wells Brown (1814-1884) became the first published African-American playwright, and also the first to write…