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King’s Chapel Burying Ground ignores the history of enslavers buried there
The church next door shares much of its congregants' roles in the slave trade. -
Next to John Hancock’s grave in Boston lies a 'servant' who was almost certainly enslaved
The Granary Burying Ground is host to some of the biggest names of the American Revolution. -
Boston's Old Corner Bookstore was originally an apothecary shop
Apothecaries had a close connection to the slave trade because boats crossing the Atlantic needed medicines to fight disease. -
Enslaved people repeatedly petitioned for freedom at Massachusetts' Old State House
The group asked to be “liberated and made free men of this community.” -
Black people were once banned from the Boston Common
There is almost no history of enslaved people in the nation's oldest public park, but we know they were there. -
Old South Meeting House was a church with enslavers and enslaved people as members
Enslaved people were only allowed to sit in the Boston church's highest gallery. -
Boston’s historic Park Street Church helped spark the national abolition movement
The church’s congregation was among the first to address anti-slavery on a national level. -
For George Floyd's uncle Selwyn Jones, grieving is fire
Jones co-founded a nonprofit and is advocating for medical civil rights bills. -
Jonathan Eig with King: A Life
King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge a deeper understanding of “the leader, the preacher, the orator, the husband, the father, the martyr, the human being…in all his heroic, tragic Glory. Hallelujah!" (Ken Burns) King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Bestselling biographer Jonathan Eig gives us an intimate view, casting fresh light on the King family’s origins as well as MLK’s complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. In this remarkable account of our only modern-day founding father, we gain an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history’s greatest movements. Join us for Eig’s presentation and discussion with Peniel Joseph, Professor and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, The University of Texas at Austin, one day after the Juneteenth holiday. This talk is brought to you by American Ancestors New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the Boston Public Library and the Museum of African American History.
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New federal rules would hit museums 'on the head,' speed up return of lost or stolen Native remains
The remains of about 350 Native people, many who were dug up from their graves in New England, are still on museum shelves.