Gov. Deval Patrick listens intently as presidential candidate Barack Obama stirs a crowd of supporters on Boston Common. Though Patrick acknowledged his friendships and professional relationships with other Democratic candidates, the governor officially endorsed Obama last week and introduced him at Tuesday night’s rally. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo)
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 Team Unity councilors at risk in at-large race
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Lou Jones is a living witness to the history of photography.
His hair now shines silver, a testament to more than 30 years spent traveling the world as a corporate, editorial and commercial photographer. Twenty years ago, there were about 10,000 commercial photographers in the U.S., by Jones’ count, and the number is still the same today — despite the fact that nearly as many newcomers jump into the field every year. Full Story
Niagara forum spotlights need for renewed activism
Talia Whyte
One hundred years ago, 800 concerned African Americans gathered in Faneuil Hall to discuss the political and social issues afflicting blacks at that time.
Topics discussed at the meeting — one of five organized by W.E.B. Du Bois as part of the burgeoning Niagara Movement — included the alarming rate of lynchings of African Americans in the South and the need for a progressive alternative to Booker T. Washington’s more passive, accommodationist viewpoint of African Americans in the post-Reconstruction era. The Niagara Movement became a springboard for many other civil rights efforts to come.
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