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Remembrances

Tiger, Tiger: Driving Andy Rooney's Car


By Emily Rooney
Host Emily Rooney writes about driving her father's 1966 Sunbeam Tiger to bury his ashes. 
WGBH Local News

In The Crowd For James Brown And Kevin White


COMPLETE WGBH COVERAGE
By Jordan Weinstein
In 1968, mayor Kevin White spoke at a James Brown concert to promote interracial peace. Attendee (and now WGBH host) Al Davis talks about how that message sounded from the audience.
WGBH Special Reports

Mayor Kevin White: Complete WGBH News Coverage


By WGBH News
Former Boston mayor Kevin White died on Jan. 27, 2012 at the age of 82. We look back at his legacy over four terms of change with interviews, analysis and exclusive WGBH archival footage.
Remembrances

Remembering Mayor Kevin White: The Funeral


COMPLETE WGBH COVERAGE
By Emily Rooney, Jared Bowen & WGBH News
Hear the eulogies and watch interviews with Boston's living political history on the occasion of Kevin White's funeral on Feb. 1.
Boston

Kevin White And The Toll Of The Tregor Bill


By Ted Canova
The 1981 political standoff pitted every conceivable stakeholder against one another. There was money, politics, gamesmanship and personalities. In the end, Boston may have won ... but its mayor lost.
Race & Ethnicity

Insights Into Mayor Kevin White And His Era


By WGBH News
Watch and hear analysis and memories from people who experienced the changes under White's tenure — whether they were attacked on City Hall Plaza or arguing inside the building.
Race & Ethnicity

Boston's School Desegregation Era


By Phillip Martin
Civil rights leaders, politicians and residents examine mayor White's role in one of the most tumultuous periods in Boston's history.
WGBH SPECIAL REPORT

DJ Henry Coda: The Case Today


DJ HENRY AND THE TRAINING OF POLICE: COMPLETE SERIES
By Phillip Martin
Danroy “DJ” Henry was killed on October 17, 2010 as he pulled away from a popular nightspot in the village of Thornwood, New York. In a coda to our series DJ Henry And The Training Of Police, we follow up on the tributes, the lawsuits and the lives that were forever changed.
WGBH SPECIAL REPORT

The Death of DJ Henry: Complete Coverage from WGBH News


By Phillip Martin
WGBH News has been covering the shooting death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, the Pace University football player from Easton, Massachusetts, since it happened in October 2010. Since the shooting, Henry’s death has continued to stir controversy over issues of police training and race.
BOSTON

Family Honors DJ Henry On Anniversary Of Death


PART 1: A CROWD, A CAR AND A GUN
CALLIE CROSSLEY SHOW: DJ HENRY, RACE AND POLICE
By WGBH News
Friends and family remember Danroy "DJ" Henry, who was fatally shot by a police officer one year ago tonight. WGBH News has extended coverage.
WGBH SERIES

Part 1: A Crowd, A Car And A Gun


DJ HENRY AND THE TRAINING OF POLICE: COMPLETE SERIES
EMILY ROONEY SHOW: HENRY'S PARENTS STILL SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
By Phillip Martin
October 17 marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, the Pace University student from Easton Massachusetts. Since the shooting, Henry’s death has continued to stir controversy on a number of levels that go well beyond this single incident.
WGBH 89.7 News

A Pioneering African Environmentalist's Legacy Lives On


By Bob Seay
Nobel Peace Prize-winning Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai died last month but the legacy of her mission is still alive. Maathai spoke about her life's work with WGBH back in 1990 for a series called Race to Save the Planet. Former Nova producer Linda Harrar offered this personal remembrance.
Remembrances

Remembering Steven Paul Jobs


WATCH THE WGBH STEVE JOBS 1990 INTERVIEW
By Bob Seay
We have a special remembrance of Apple's Steve Jobs in a superb WGBH interview from 1990. It's from a series called The Machine That Changed The World. In it, Jobs talks about how that revolutionary device, the Macintosh personal computer, came to be and the particular gifts of the people who made it a reality.
WGBH Special Reports

Sept. 11: A Day Of Reflection, A Decade Of Stories



By WGBH News
WGBH News joined our community and world to mark the somber anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. On the last day of 2011, we look back at that milestone.
REMEMBRANCES

Philanthropist Myra Kraft, Wife of Patriots Owner, Dies


THE EMILY ROONEY SHOW: REMEMBERING MYRA KRAFT
By WGBH Staff & Wires
Myra Kraft, the wife of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and a hard-working philanthropist dedicated to numerous causes, died Wednesday. She was 68.
REMEMBRANCES

'We Need People Like Him Every Day'


By Jess Bidgood
The Harvard community — and people the world over — is mourning the death of Reverend Peter Gomes, the man who ran the university's Memorial Church for over forty years. He died Monday night at 68 years of age.
REMEMBRANCES

Remembering Aloyce Beth DuVal Deare


LISTEN: WGBH'S CALLIE CROSSLEY REMEMBERS BETH DEARE
By WGBH
Friends and colleagues are mourning the death of A. Beth DuVal Deare, the award-winning former producer  of WGBH's "Say Brother." Deare died in a fire in Newton on Monday. Share your memories of Deare.

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