Boston Scenes

Actor Morgan Freeman joins composer Peter Boyer (l), attorney Joseph P. Kennedy III — grandson of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy — and Lauren Birchfield at the world premiere last week of Boyer’s “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers.” (Michael J. Lutch photo)

Queen Latifah, Oscar nominated actor and musician was honored with the “Woman Activist of the Year” Award at the Boston Women’s Fund Gala held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Boston. The Boston Women’s Fund was founded to help support community-based organizations run by women and girls in the Greater Boston area. (Don West photo)

Participants of the Berklee City Music program were thrilled by a two-hour visit from Quincy Jones. Jones, a Berklee alum, answered questions from the group. From left: Lauren Fuller of Framingham, Quincy Jones, City Music Associate Director for Advising, Enrollment & Recruiting Lynette Gittens, Christiana McMullen of Dorchester and Max Ridley of Jamaica Plain. (Phil Farnsworth photo)

State Rep. Byron Rushing, R-Suffolk, moderated a panel on the Apartheid struggle as part of the film series “Have You Heard From Johannesburg” at the Boston Public Library. Sponsored by South African Partners, the series featured a panel of academic scholars and former anti-apartheid activists after each film. The film series was produced and directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Connie Field. (Don West photo)

Mariama White-Hammond, executive director of Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past, History Organizing Power), addresses a crowd of more than a hundred supporters at the Roxbury-based organization’s fundraiser held at Bella Luna’s. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

It was a solemn but joyous day as Marvin Gilmore Jr., of Boston, received France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor, given to Gilmore for his service in the U.S. Army during the liberation of France in World War II. Gilmore was the first African American from New England to receive the honor and ... also received several commendations from the U.S. Army on the same day. (Don West photo)

Participants in the Haitian-American Unity Parade came together on Sunday, May 16, 2010 in support of the victims of the deadly earthquake that devestated Haiti on January 12, 2010. (Idly Galette photo)

(L to R) Massachusetts state Rep. Marie St. Fleur, Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Gov. Deval Patrick participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the 10th annual Haitian-American Unity Parade. (Idly Galette photo)

At a recent news conference, Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral expresses her support for CORI reform. She was joined by members of Massachusetts law enforcement agencies including Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley and Boston’s Police Commissioner Ed Davis. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

The Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston held their 12th Annual Fair Housing Month Celebration Open Door Award Ceremony last month. Shown here are Joseph P. Kennedy III and Ron Sims, deputy secretary for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. (Chris Aduama photo)

Cambridge City Councilor Denise Simmons participates in a ceremony unveiling a monument to Prince Hall. Born into slavery, Hall fought in Washington’s army and founded the first African American elementry school in Cambridge and black Freemasons. (Photo courtesy of the Cambridge Mayor’s Office)

Keara Sierra, Melissa Lopez and Whitney Ogbesoyen serve “Sour Scott” lemonade in protest of Scott Brown’s vote against a bill that would have provided funding for summer jobs. The lemonade stand, stationed outside of Brown’s office in the John F. Kennedy federal building, raised $112 which the youths, working with Alternatives for Community and Environment, donated to the Boston Youth Fund. (Yawu Miller photo)

Hussain Haqqani, the Pakistan ambassador to the U.S., answers questions pertaining to the recent bomb attempt in Times Square by a Pakistani-American believed to be trained by the Taliban in Pakistan. Haqqani was appointed to his position in April of 2005 and has been praised on his 2005 book, “Pakistan Between Mosque & Military,” as a path-breaking book on Pakistan’s political history. (Don West photo)