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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| The Honorable Robert L. Carter, a revered jurist who has served as U.S. District Judge for the southern district of New York since 1972, turned 91 years old Monday. Prior to beginning his 36 years on the bench, Judge Carter served as assistant special counsel and general counsel for the NAACP from 1944-1962, winning 21 of 22 cases argued before the U.S. Supreme Court; as director of veterans affairs for the American Veterans Committee; and as partner in the firm of Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner. Over the course of a distinguished career that has spanned seven decades, he has received countless awards honoring his professional excellence and earned publication in a litany of major American law reviews and legal journals. (Photo courtesy of Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice) |
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| Thelma Sprinkle, a lifelong resident of Roxbury, has retired from the City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) after 10 years of service. Prior to her tenure at DND, Sprinkle spent eight years with the Boston Public Schools. At a recent retirement party held in her honor attended by 70 colleagues, friends and family members, Sprinkle was presented with parting gifts, as well as a plaque recognizing her for providing “… a welcoming voice and a warm heart to callers, visitors and staff alike.” (Photo courtesy of Department of Neighborhood Development) |
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| City Councilor Charles C. Yancey (center) joins hundreds of children in attendance for his 22nd Annual Book Fair, held March 1. Over 1,500 participants crowded into Dorchester’s Prince Hall for the event, founded by Yancey and his wife Marzetta in 1987. (Photo courtesy of City Councilor C. Charles Yancey) |
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| Harvard law professor and author Randall Kennedy reads a passage from his new book, “Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal,” to an audience of over 100 at Harvard Law School’s Ames Courtroom last Wednesday evening. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Barbara Dougan, director of the Families Against Mandatory Minimums campaign in Massachusetts (far left) and Jeff Stone of City-Wide Dialogues on Boston’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity (far right) host the city’s Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel, or CO-OP, for a March 7 meeting at the offices of the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association. The members of the board charged with reviewing complaints of police misconduct against citizens are Northeastern University School of Law Professor David Hall (second from left), retired former state Parole Board member Ruth Suber (center) and New England School of Law Dean John F. O’Brien (second from right). (Tony Irving photo) |
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