Kennedy's Senate career full of civil rights history
When the Civil Rights Bill reached the U.S. Senate on March 30, 1964, it was met by a group of Southern senators determined to prevent it from hitting the desk of then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. More »
1920s time capsule found in Dudley at Ferdinand's
The contents of an 86-year-old time capsule recently found at the Ferdinand?s Blue Store Addition in Dudley Square were unveiled last Wednesday, giving present day Bostonians a glimpse of Roxbury life in 1922. More »
Atkins, first black Hub city councilor, dies at 69
Thomas Atkins, Boston's first black at-large city councilor, who faced off against school busing opponents as an NAACP leader in the 1970s, has died. He was 69. More »
