Arielle Gray
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- Aug 13, 2026
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3 ways to celebrate Black August (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. While February is Black History Month, this month is Black August, a time designed to learn more about Black revolutionary and liberation history. The month was created in 1979 to commemorate the 1971 death of George Jackson, a former member of the Black Panther Party. In 1960, at the age of 18, Jackson was arrested and later dealt
My grandmother still reaches for us, even if she can’t remember why (opens the original)
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It finally hit me that I was losing my grandmother, Ena, in May 2025. I called her that Mother’s Day. She picked up, greeting me in her Jamaican-British accent, the edges softened by decades in the United States. “Hey, darling. How are you?” We slipped into conversation the way we always had, it was effortless and familiar. At that point, she’d already been hospitalized for complications related to her dementia. The word floated around her in hushed tones, clinical and distant. But on the phone,
Archival photos highlight Black and brown Cambridge (opens the original)
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A red door once marked the entrance to a Cambridge art center. Though painted over years ago, the door's bright red is preserved in an archival photograph now on view at Street Theory Collective through Aug. 28. The door is a potent memory for many who attended the Community Art Center at Newtowne Court. Built in 1938, Newtowne Court is one of the country’s first public housing developments. The Community Art Center, started in 1937 by local parents, made its home in Newtowne Court’s basement. O
Company One brings 'A New Era' of Black suffragist stories to the stage (opens the original)
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Boston is a city defined by its revolutionary past. Stories of the American Revolution, abolition and the fight for women’s suffrage are woven into school lessons, walking tours and museums. Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje grew up in Boston and, like many students, became familiar with iconic stories such as Paul Revere’s midnight ride and the Boston Tea Party. “But Black history in Boston is hidden in plain sight,” Austen ADEkoje said. “ You have to take it upon yourself to learn it, figure i
African Meeting House designated an 'irreplaceable place' (opens the original)
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Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Boston has been at the center of many America 250 celebrations. It makes sense, given the city’s history and role in the American Revolution, as well as other movements for freedom and equity. I grew up in Mattapan and learned a lot about the city’s past through school lessons and field trips. From Paul Revere’s midnight ride to th
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