Author Peter Eisenstadt joined Howard Thurman scholars at a virtual panel Monday to discuss his newly released biography “Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman," and the broad, significant legacy Thurman left behind.
Anna Malaika Tubbs' spoke about her debut book "The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation" at a Boston Public Library conversation Tuesday. Her book highlights Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin, forgotten changemakers in U.S. history.
On the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum presented a live video-mural that illustrates gun violence and views toward guns in America.
A popular mural that has become a fixture in Boston’s skyline will soon be removed, officials said.
The grayscale mural depicting a man with his hands in his pockets is currently displayed on...
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The Boston University community celebrated the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday afternoon with a peace rally in front of the Marsh Chapel followed a by convocation in Metcalf...
Retail stores such as Brandy Melville are selling “one size fits all” clothing, but recent actions by the U.S. government have shown the adage does not apply to medical treatments. Friday, U.S. President...
The American experience is a collective experience. Our often nebulous, yet passionate conception of freedom has become a universal rallying cry. As historian Gunnar Myrdal pointed out in his book, “Black...
April 24, 1839
A group of Boston Methodist ministers establishes a theological school in Newbury, Vt., called the Newbury Biblical Institute, which would later become the BU School of Theology.
1847
The...
As usual, I was stumbling around the Internet looking for something to write about this week when I somehow ended up on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page. In between promotions for her new reality TV show...
