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Tufts Professors' Initiative Highlights Local Sites From Black History
Two Tufts University professors have launched the African American Trail Project to highlight some of the sites that are important to black history in and around Massachusetts. -
Opening A Door To Black History
A Cambridge elementary school picked up on a national trend of decorating school doors with images of historical figures during Black History Month. -
Colonial Williamsburg Serves Up The Past So You Can Try A Taste Of History
The living-history museum in Virginia re-creates 18th-century recipes in its restaurants using ingredients grown in the traditional way onsite. But some modern palates aren't too keen on the taste. -
Capturing The Story Of Somerville Through Everyday Stuff
Can the everyday objects that people keep for years tell the story of a changing town? -
Honoring Rosa Parks on the MBTA
If you’ve boarded an MBTA bus lately, you might have seen a decal on the side dedicated to Rosa Parks. -
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In a Word: How the Power of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Rhetoric Endures
In celebration of MLK Day, we take a closer listen to a few of Reverend King’s speeches and deconstruct some of his best-known rhetoric. -
Returning African American Experiences to History's Archives
America’s proverbial melting pot is real. But African-American history is all but missing from the nation’s archives. Now, a two-pronged campaign is helping families donate personal papers to historical collections to fill in the gaps. -
Remembering The Great Molasses Flood, 100 Years Later
Tuesday marks 100 years since a 2 million gallon tank of molasses cracked open in Boston, and molasses covered two city blocks in just seconds. -
The Shutdown Could Disrupt The U.S. Economy In A Big Way
Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn looked at the "cascading consequences" of the government shutdown.
