A former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives died over the weekend.
Raymond Jordan (D-Springfield), one of the first black members of the legislature, died on Saturday, February 5. He represented the state's 12th Hampden District from 1975 to 1994. His cause of death has not been made public yet. He was 78 years old.
Boston Public Schools celebrated it was the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action this week.
The school district lightened the academic load for the week and offered a list of movies for students to watch that it matched to the 13 guiding principles of the Black Lives Matter movement, according to an outline obtained by NewBostonPost. The school district put together a discussion guide to go along with the movie. Additionally, there was also an essay contest and a door decorating contest; students who won the essay contest will get a free Black Lives Matter at School shirt and their essay will be published in the Boston Teachers' Union newspaper. Meanwhile, class winners will have a free field trip in the spring that will have chaperones from the teacher's union.
