‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ showcases the joys and struggles of immigrants in America
The SpeakEasy Stage's production of the Tony Award-winning play centers hair braiders and their lives over one day in the salon in which they work.
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New book spotlights Madam C.J. Walker’s daughter A’Lelia, who forged her own path
The daughter of America's first Black millionaire became the “joy goddess” of Harlem in the 1920s.
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Boston rededicates memorial honoring famed Black Civil War regiment
Ceremony follows multiyear restoration of the 125-year-old Robert Gould Shaw and Massachusetts 54th Regiment Memorial -
The June Drop: Rockin' from Rachmaninoff to the Roxbury film fest
Poetry, volunteering and "Boston's BIGGEST Pride Dance Party." -
ICA Boston puts ‘the beauty of Black culture’ on full display
'Napoleon Jones-Henderson: I Am As I Am—A Man' shows off his decades-long career in Boston, where he creates African-inspired mixed media pieces.
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