| Gov.
Deval Patrick (third from right) presents a Congressional Gold Medal to
James McLaurin of Weymouth, one of five surviving members of the
Tuskegee Airmen honored during a Veterans Day ceremony at the State
House in Boston on Sunday. Also honored were (seated, from left):
Charles Diggs of Boston and Willis Sanders of Roxbury, of the Tuskegee
Airmen, the first group of African American fighter pilots allowed into
the U.S. Army Air Corps. (AP photo/Josh Reynolds) |
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| Author
Randall Robinson (left) signs a book for Curtis Valentine following a
discussion about Robinson’s new work, “An Unbroken Agony: From
Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President,” held Nov. 8 at Harvard
Law School’s Ames Courtroom and sponsored by the school’s Charles
Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Mayor
Thomas M. Menino (center) recently met with representatives from area
nonprofits and the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development (DND)
and local homeowners to kick off a new citywide lead poisoning
prevention initiative. For help de-leading your home, call the Lead
Safe Boston program at 617-635-0190. (From left): Eva Osorio of Urban
Edge; Dorchester homeowners Osteldino Evora and Antonio and Taina Lugo;
Menino; East Boston homeowner Len Chase; ESAC’s Myrna Weiner; DND’s
David George; and Patrick Dowd of Patriot Contracting. (Photo courtesy
of City of Boston) |
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| Louise
Myers of Chelmsford (third from left) recently received the 2007 AARP
Andrus Award for Community Service during a luncheon ceremony at the
Montvale Plaza in Stoneham. With Myers are (from left): AARP
Massachusetts State President Charles Desmond, state Secretary of Elder
Affairs Michael Festa, and AARP National Director of Outreach &
Service Barb Quaintance. The Andrus Award is the association’s most
prestigious volunteer recognition. (Photo courtesy of AARP) |
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| Dr.
Michael Eric Dyson speaks during a panel held last Thursday at Roxbury
Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall. At the event, sponsored by the
Museum of African American History, Dyson and several experts debated
the chances of America electing a black president. (Isylah Haynes photo) |
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| Dr.
J. Keith Motley (right) and his wife Angela (left), celebrate his
inauguration as the eighth chancellor of the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. Motley is the first chancellor of color in the
university’s 43-year history. Previously, Motley was the vice president
for business, marketing and public affairs in the President’s Office.
(Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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| Smooth
jazz saxophonist Andre Ward played at the inauguration of Dr. J. Keith
Motley as the eighth chancellor of University of Massachusetts-Boston
on Nov. 9. Born and raised in Chicago, Ward’s skill with the alto
saxophone earned him a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. Based
in Boston, Ward has played internationally and released two successful
contemporary jazz albums, “Feelin’ You” and “Steppin’ Up.” (Sandy
Middlebrooks photo) |
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| An
enthusiastic crowd responds to the performance by the legendary O’Jays
during last Friday’s event held to celebrate the inauguration of Dr. J.
Keith Motley as the new chancellor of the University of
Massachusetts-Boston. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
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