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Due to COVID, JFK Library celebrates Presidents’ Day online
The library and museum will offer free, virtual educational programming -
Who were the four chaplains of Four Chaplains Day?
What they did in World War II, the origins of the Four Chaplains' Medal and the chaplains' local ties. -
What your history class didn't teach you about the civil rights movement
There are many myths and misinformation about the nation’s racial history. Let's clear it up. -
Young activists are the past, present and future of the racial justice movement
How youth leaders of the civil rights movement set the stage for Black Lives Matter. -
Amid a fight for voting rights, local leaders reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy
Despite disenchantment with democracy and ever-persistent divisions, activists have a firm hold on hope. -
A last-minute plea attempts to save the Freedom House from demolition
Recent applications to delay the destruction of the local civil rights landmark in Boston's Grove Hall neighborhood raise the question: is it too late to save the Freedom House? -
Unusual Christmas ornament finds its way into the stores and hearts of Mass. residents
Legend has it the pickle ornament has its roots in Germany. -
The Flying Tigers: How a group of Americans ended up fighting for China in WW II
In 1941, Japan was on the offensive against China. So China hired a group of Americans to fight back in the skies. Eighty years ago this week, they fought in their first battle. -
Native Americans gather in Plymouth to mourn the violent history behind Thanksgiving
The 52nd National Day of Mourning called attention to centuries of atrocities committed against Indigenous people. -
Celebrating Thanksgiving’s 400th anniversary of revisionist history
Memory is subversive in its enduring power to disrupt historical amnesia and a canonical past unwillingness to confront itself.
