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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this year:
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| Joined by Harvard Law School Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. (left), 104-year-old Otis Clark — a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa, Okla., Race Riot — was welcomed to Fenway Park by the Boston Red Sox to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Sox’ Aug. 31 game against the Baltimore Orioles. (Phoebe Sexton / Boston Red Sox photo) |
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| Denzel Washington is surrounded by fans at the Dec. 18 premiere of his new film, “The Great Debaters,” at Harvard University. Washington is donating $1 million to Wiley College — the school featured in the film — to re-establish its debate team. During a recent screening at Wiley, Washington said he’d like to get the team going once again. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Anna Vieira (right) and her 17-year-old son Enrique (left), both undocumented migrants from Brazil, endured a number of hardships while working at the Michael Bianco Inc. (MBI) textile factory in New Bedford, including limited use of restrooms and fines for spending too long in the bathroom. On March 6, 300 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other law enforcement officers raided MBI’s factory, leading to the detainment of over 300 workers who could not prove they were in the country legally. Gov. Deval Patrick called it a “humanitarian crisis.” (Banner file photo) |
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| Calvin Brown (center) from Dallas holds American flags and raises his fist in front of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse during a rally after the march in support of the Jena Six in Jena, La., on Sept. 20. The rally drew upwards of 20,000 people, representing one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in recent memory. (AP photo/Alex Brandon) |
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| A group of children plan an escape from the 90-plus degree August heat by running and jumping through jets of water shooting from the sprinklers at the wading pool at the Christian Science Center on Massachusetts Avenue. (Don West photo) |
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