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They kept on truckin’
Little Rock Nine tells Boston crowd how perseverance overcame segregation in the 1950s
Brian Mickelson
Lydia Maxwell wanted to see the face of history.
She wanted to see, in the flesh, the faces of the teenagers who 50 years ago walked brazenly into Little Rock Central High School and became the first black students to integrate a school in the Deep South.
She wanted to see the Little Rock Nine.
Last Wednesday evening, eight of the Nine attended a celebration of their efforts at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School and the City of Boston.
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Heating bills threaten welfare of Hub kids
Brian Wright O’Connor
When temperatures drop and winter winds start blowing, Ketline Leonard feels not just cold, but fear.
Her son Cory, 3, already weak from sickle cell anemia, risks getting even sicker. Keeping the thermostat above 65 degrees is not a matter of comfort — it’s a medical necessity. Full story
 Nobel laureate Tutu trumpets reconciliation
Talia Whyte
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu spoke to over 700 Boston school students Monday about why they need to take charge of ending violence on the city’s streets. The Nobel laureate was the keynote speaker at a youth symposium hosted by Wheelock College called “Bridges to Hope and Understanding: Exploring Truth and Reconciliation.”
The symposium highlighted the archbishop’s reconciliation tactics that have been used with youth in his native South Africa, and recognized five Boston youth who are “emerging leaders” working in their communities on issues related to violence. Full Story
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