| The
Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian stands before a bust of Frederick Douglass as he
delivers the keynote address at the City of Boston’s commemoration of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, held Monday at Faneuil Hall.
(Tony Irving photo) |
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| The
Rev. Michael E. Haynes (center) speaks at the birthday commemoration of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Faneuil Hall on Jan. 21. He addressed the
crowd holding a copy of “Daddy King: An Autobiography,” the memoirs of
Dr. King’s father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| R&B
legend Patti LaBelle packed the Citi Wang Theatre last Friday night as
she headlined the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Valerie
C. Caldwell, Esq., sings during the musical selection of Children
Hospital Boston’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance,
held last Thursday in honor of the late civil rights leader. (Photo
courtesy of Children’s Hospital Boston) |
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| Moy
Calder (left) and Frank Harris were two of the presenters at the Jan.
12 Energy Savings Open House, held at Curtis Hall in Jamaica Plain and
sponsored by the Boston Building Materials Co-op. The event offered
participants strategies to reduce home heating costs and energy use.
(Photo courtesy of Boston Building Materials Co-op) |
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| The
Psi Omega Chaper of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority Inc. recognized
the sorority’s centennial anniversary with a black tie gala, held Jan.
12 at Lombardo’s in Randolph. Founded on Jan. 15, 1908, AKA boasts a
global membership of over 200,000 African American college women and
graduates committed to social action. (Bill Dugas photo) |
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| (From
left): Robert Gittens of Northeastern University, Boston Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson, Rev. Gregory Groover of Charles
Street A.M.E. Church, state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson and Steve Howard of
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts talk at a City Hall reception
following a commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at
Faneuil Hall. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| This
photo of a victim of violence during Sierra Leone’s civil war in 2001
will be one of many on display at Suffolk University when it hosts “A
Memory of Humanity: From Solferino to Guantanamo — 145 Years of Red
Cross Photography,” a traveling exhibit from the International Red
Cross. The exhibit, which includes photographs from both World Wars,
the Holocaust, the Biafran Civil War in Nigeria and other historical
conflicts, will run from Feb. 1 through March 31 at the university’s
Adams Gallery on Tremont Street. (Nick Danziger/International Committee
of the Red Cross photo) |
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| Patti LaBelle at the Citi Wang Theatre for the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Patti LaBelle at the Citi Wang Theatre for the city’s 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. (Tony Irving photo) |
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