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February 19, 2020 By GEORGE HASSETT

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL

Hakim Jamal was a Boston original—an engaging author and activist who identified as a recovering alcoholic and addict. He founded the group that created Kwanzaa. His controversial romances with movie stars and models inspired movies decades later.

Filed Under: Features, Throwback Tagged With: Activism, Black History, Black Panthers, Boston, Boston History, Dead Level, Detroit Red, Hakim Jamal, heroin, Louis X, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Michael X, Roxbury, throwback, throwbacks

November 20, 2019 By C. SHARDAE JOBSON

ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: Arts, Oral Histories Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip-hop, HONK, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

March 7, 2019 By ZACK HUFFMAN

SANCTUARY STATUS

The eerily familiar tale of Shadrach Minkins and the centuries-old federal threat to our Commonwealth

Filed Under: Columns, Throwback Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston History, Fugitive Slave Act, journalism, Shadrach Minkins, slavery, throwback, throwbacks

March 28, 2018 By G. VALENTINO BALL

THE PULL UP

Photos by John Brewer “We try to position each artist on the lineup as their own thing, and try to promote them as a star. … We aren’t just trying to put people on a bill and have a show.” “It was [Jay-Z’s] Hard Knock Life Tour.” DJ Real P, a rapper, DJ, and promoter […]

Filed Under: Around My Way, Arts, Features, Videos Tagged With: Around My Way, BINJ, Boston, Boston History, Cambridge, DJs, Dutch Rebelle, Geespin, hip-hop, KBX, Killer BoomBox, live music, Marquis Neal, Massachusetts, MCs, Middle East, music, NEONE, producers, The Channel, The Pull Up, the rat

March 8, 2018 By BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ

CURL TO ACTION

Photo by Brynne Quinlan The legacy of Massachusetts curling clubs and the making of a Paralympian “I can make you a Paralympian in a year.” Those were some of the first words Tony Colacchio ever said to Steve Emt. Colacchio, a wheelchair curling instructor, had seen Emt effortlessly rolling himself up a hill in Woods Hole, […]

Filed Under: Features, Sports Tagged With: Boston History, curling, history of curling, Korea, North End Curling Club, Olympics, paralympics, Pyeongchang, sports, winter olympics, winter sports

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