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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this Year

These undated handout images provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows a 2009 postage stamps honoring Charles Hamilton Houston and Walter White. (AP Photo/USPS)

Hugh Morgan Hill, better known as Brother Blue, died earlier this year at home at the age of 88.  A world-renown storyteller, Brother Blue acted as a mentor to hundreds and an inspiration to thousands through his craft.

President George W. Bush (center) poses with President-elect Barack Obama (second from left) and former presidents George H.W. Bush (left), Bill Clinton (fourth from left) and Jimmy Carter on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Much of the coverage of Obama’s ascent has focused on the notion that he is a “new” breed of black politician, but few reports have explored what makes he and others “new.” (AP photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

 

Egobudike Ezedi (left), a candidate for an at-large seat on the Boston City Council, greets motorists on Blue Hill Avenue in Grove Hall during a campaign kickoff event held Saturday, May 2, 2009. Six years after making a serious bid for City Councilor Charles C. Yancey’s District 4 seat, Ezedi is back on the Boston political scene, this time seeking to stand out in a crowded field of at-large council candidates. (Yawu Miller photo)