| The Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian stands before a bust of Frederick Douglass as he delivers the keynote address at the City of Boston’s commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, held Monday at Faneuil Hall. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| The Rev. Michael E. Haynes (center) speaks at the birthday commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Faneuil Hall on Jan. 21. He addressed the crowd holding a copy of “Daddy King: An Autobiography,” the memoirs of Dr. King’s father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| R&B legend Patti LaBelle packed the Citi Wang Theatre last Friday night as she headlined the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Valerie C. Caldwell, Esq., sings during the musical selection of Children Hospital Boston’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance, held last Thursday in honor of the late civil rights leader. (Photo courtesy of Children’s Hospital Boston) |
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| Moy Calder (left) and Frank Harris were two of the presenters at the Jan. 12 Energy Savings Open House, held at Curtis Hall in Jamaica Plain and sponsored by the Boston Building Materials Co-op. The event offered participants strategies to reduce home heating costs and energy use. (Photo courtesy of Boston Building Materials Co-op) |
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| The Psi Omega Chaper of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority Inc. recognized the sorority’s centennial anniversary with a black tie gala, held Jan. 12 at Lombardo’s in Randolph. Founded on Jan. 15, 1908, AKA boasts a global membership of over 200,000 African American college women and graduates committed to social action. (Bill Dugas photo) |
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| (From left): Robert Gittens of Northeastern University, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson, Rev. Gregory Groover of Charles Street A.M.E. Church, state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and Steve Howard of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts talk at a City Hall reception following a commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at Faneuil Hall. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| This photo of a victim of violence during Sierra Leone’s civil war in 2001 will be one of many on display at Suffolk University when it hosts “A Memory of Humanity: From Solferino to Guantanamo — 145 Years of Red Cross Photography,” a traveling exhibit from the International Red Cross. The exhibit, which includes photographs from both World Wars, the Holocaust, the Biafran Civil War in Nigeria and other historical conflicts, will run from Feb. 1 through March 31 at the university’s Adams Gallery on Tremont Street. (Nick Danziger/International Committee of the Red Cross photo) |
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| Patti LaBelle at the Citi Wang Theatre for the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Patti LaBelle at the Citi Wang Theatre for the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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