| Pam
Africa, minister of confrontation for the revolutionary MOVE
organization, stands flanked by her brothers at this past weekend’s
observance of the International Day of Solidarity with Political
Prisoners, held at the Chinatown offices of Encuentro 5 on Sunday. Ms.
Africa is also a representative of the International Concerned Family
and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose image appears on the cover of the
magazine she is holding. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| (From
left): Longtime journalist and community activist Sarah-Ann Shaw, Barr
Foundation senior associate Klare Shaw and Nation of Islam leader
Minister Louis Farrakhan were among many in attendance at the 20th
annual dinner dance and reunion of “The Over the Hill Gang,” a group of
African Americans that grew up in Roxbury during the 1940s and 1950s.
The event was held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving. (Del Brook E. Binns photo) |
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| Community
activist and former Black Liberation Army political prisoner Jihad
Abdul-Mumit (right) chats with Dhoruba Bin Wahad, himself a former
Black Panther Party political prisoner, during the second day of
commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with Political
Prisoners, held Sunday at the offices of Encuentro 5 in Chinatown.
(Tony Irving photo) |
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| Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice poses for the official photo with the Kennedy
Center Honorees for 2007 after dinner at the State Department in
Washington on Saturday. (From left, standing): Pianist Leon Fleisher
and pop singers Diana Ross and Brian Wilson. (Seated): Humorist Steve
Martin and filmmaker Martin Scorsese. (AP photo/Jose Luis Magana) |
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| (From
the left): Robert Lewis of Hoops Excellence, Bjarni Thormundson from
Iceland, and Donovan Walker of the Showdown Youth Development
Initiative, recently join hands before bringing their respective teams
from Boston and Iceland together for a game of basketball at the Reggie
Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| (From
left): Francois Exhilhomme, Jennifer Magny and Thomas Duplessy Jr. pose
for a photo after a meeting introducing guests to Pre-Paid Legal
Services Inc. at the Sheraton Braintree Hotel last week. (Tony Irving
photo) |
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Six-year-old
Emari Howe of Dorchester shows off her new Nova Scotia hat at the 66th
annual Tree Lighting on Boston Common hosted by Mayor Thomas M. Menino
and sponsored by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, title
sponsor Nova Scotia Come to life, WCVB-TV Channel 5, Magic 106.7 FM,
and KeySpan. Mayor Menino’s special guests included singer Jose
Feliciano and Manny Delcarmen of the Red Sox with the 2007 World Series
trophy. (Photo courtesy of City of Boston)
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