| Aerosmith
bassist Tom Hamilton (with guitar) visited the Blue Hill Boys &
Girls Club in Dorchester last Wednesday to play music with club members
and provide professional tips. Hamilton also donated an electric
guitar, keyboard and junior drum set to the Club’s Music Clubhouse. The
session was made possible through a partnership with the Music &
Youth Initiative. (Photo courtesy of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston) |
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| Actor
Clifton Powell, a graduate of Emerson College, is one of three
exemplary supporters of urban youth initiatives who will be honored
next month at the 19th Annual Unity Breakfast. The breakfast, hosted by
Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts, will also celebrate the Rev. Ray
Hammond, considered one of New England’s most influential spiritual
leaders; Chief Anthony Scott, the first African American chief of
police in Holyoke, Mass.; and outstanding young achievers from the Paul
Robeson Institute for Positive Self-Development. (Photo courtesy of New
Image Associates) |
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| (From
left): Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol Johnson, Dr.
Terrence Roberts and Sarah-Ann Shaw were in attendance, and in
conversation, at a recent community event sponsored by Facing History
and Ourselves. Speaking at the organization’s “Choosing to Participate”
exhibit, on display at the Boston Public Library through May 18,
Roberts described his experiences as one of the “Little Rock Nine,” the
group of nine African American students who desegregated Little Rock
Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957. (Photo courtesy of
CK Communication) |
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| U.S.
Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander of the U.S. District Court of
Massachusetts (third from left) joined in presenting a top honor to
House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (left) in her capacity as chair of
the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic
Studies. The Joint Center honored Clyburn with its Louis E. Martin
Great American Award at its annual dinner on April 8 at the
Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C. Here, Clyburn chats with Tuskegee,
Ala., Mayor Johnny Ford, also c-chair of the National Policy Alliance;
Alexander, and Ralph B. Everett, president and CEO of the Joint Center.
(Photo courtesy of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies) |
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| William
T. Coleman Jr. (right), former Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Transportation and ardent defender of civil rights, speaks about his
relationship with civil rights luminaries, including Charles Hamilton
Houston, whom Harvard Law School’s Houston Institute for Race and
Justice is named after. Charles J. Ogletree Jr., the institute’s
founder, listens. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| Michael
Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund (left), and
Fletcher “Flash” Wiley, civil and business leader, pose for a photo at
the Black Policy Conference, held April 4 at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government. Lomax delivered the conference’s keynote address.
(Tony Irving photo) |
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| Gov.
Deval Patrick stopped by the Grove Hall studios of Touch 106.1FM last
week and spent some time on the air with M.C. Spice, host of the
station’s “Big Morning Thing” morning show. The governor answered
questions from callers about concerns and issues within the black
community, and touched on his education proposal for fiscal year 2009,
which includes college credits for high school students to better
prepare them for post-graduation success. (Photo courtesy of Touch
106.1FM) |
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| Alicia
Canady (left) and Kelley Chunn served as co-chairs of last week’s Black
Alumnae/i Symposium at Simmons College. Held once every three years,
the event celebrates the college’s long history of impressive black
female graduates, and offers students and grads alike a chance to catch
up and network. (Don West photo) |
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| Gov.
Deval Patrick (left) passes House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi (second
from right), speaking with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
President Susan Hockfield (right), as he leaves an auditorium after
delivering a speech outlining an economic stimulus plan at MIT’s Sloan
School of Management in Cambridge on April 9. In the speech, Patrick
announced that the Commonwealth will spend $20 million to acquire
vacant foreclosed properties and seek a $3.8 billion bond issue to
repair the state’s bridges, creating an estimated 23,000 construction
jobs. (AP photo/Josh Reynolds) |
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