| Joined
by Harvard Law School Professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. (left),
104-year-old Otis Clark — a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa, Okla., Race
Riot — was welcomed to Fenway Park by the Boston Red Sox to throw out
the ceremonial first pitch before the Sox’ Aug. 31 game against the
Baltimore Orioles. (Phoebe Sexton / Boston Red Sox photo) |
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| Denzel
Washington is surrounded by fans at the Dec. 18 premiere of his new
film, “The Great Debaters,” at Harvard University. Washington is
donating $1 million to Wiley College — the school featured in the film
— to re-establish its debate team. During a recent screening at Wiley,
Washington said he’d like to get the team going once again. (Tony
Irving photo) |
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| Anna
Vieira (right) and her 17-year-old son Enrique (left), both
undocumented migrants from Brazil, endured a number of hardships while
working at the Michael Bianco Inc. (MBI) textile factory in New
Bedford, including limited use of restrooms and fines for spending too
long in the bathroom. On March 6, 300 U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement agents and other law enforcement officers raided MBI’s
factory, leading to the detainment of over 300 workers who could not
prove they were in the country legally. Gov. Deval Patrick called it a
“humanitarian crisis.” (Banner file photo) |
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| Calvin
Brown (center) from Dallas holds American flags and raises his fist in
front of the LaSalle Parish Courthouse during a rally after the march
in support of the Jena Six in Jena, La., on Sept. 20. The rally drew
upwards of 20,000 people, representing one of the largest civil rights
demonstrations in recent memory. (AP photo/Alex Brandon) |
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| A
group of children plan an escape from the 90-plus degree August heat by
running and jumping through jets of water shooting from the sprinklers
at the wading pool at the Christian Science Center on Massachusetts
Avenue. (Don West photo) |
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