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.
STILL SPINNING
Hub vinyl icon Skippy White and the tunes Boston has hummed since the ’60s
REVOLUTIONARY TOUR
In fear of losing their voices, Boston Freedom Trail guides unite and speak up (while they still can)
TWO BINJ PROJECTS WIN AWARDS
We are thrilled to learn that Tibisay Zea has been given this year’s Rhode Island for Community & Justice Metcalf Media Award for Diversity in the Media for her reporting on “Aging in the Shadows,”
SANCTUARY STATUS
The eerily familiar tale of Shadrach Minkins and the centuries-old federal threat to our Commonwealth