Dr. George Franklin Grant: defying the odds in 19th century Boston
WEBFeb 10, 2021 · George F. Grant. One of the few African Americans who practiced dentistry in late 19th-century Boston, Dr. George Franklin Grant earned a reputation for exceptional skill in bridge work. The son of Phillis Pitt Grant and Tudor Elandor Grant, he was born on September 15, 1847, in Oswego, New York. There, his father made a living as a barber.
Banner has recorded 50 years of history - The Bay State Banner
WEBFeb 4, 2015 · Banner photographers have covered the community’s civic life through the decades. The year 2015 marks 50 years of publication for the Bay State Banner — a half century during which the newspaper’s reporters, photographers and contributors recorded the events and ideas that have made history in Boston and beyond.
Wu announces research teams for task force on reparations
WEBJan 24, 2024 · Mayor Michelle Wu took another step toward reparations this week, announcing the group of academics and history experts who will lead research efforts into Boston’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and the city’s more recent history of discrimination. The results will serve as the basis for recommendations by a …
‘A gold rush’ for local real estate - The Bay State Banner
WEBSep 23, 2020 · A Boston gold rush. The rapid pace of individual projects in residential areas contrasts sharply with development planning processes run by the BPDA that govern large parcels of public land in Roxbury. “In Nubian Square there are lots of projects on city-owned land that are vetted through impact advisory groups,” said Lorraine Payne Wheeler ...
Council shines light on police contracts - The Bay State Banner
WEBDec 7, 2022 · Current contracts give police supervisors broad authority to assign or approve overtime and require that the city pay that overtime, regardless of the budget — and the Boston Police Department routinely exceeds budgeted overtime costs. Last year, the BPD spent roughly $72 million on overtime — about $23 million over the amount budgeted.
Defying the odds: Dr. Thomas William Patrick and his successful …
WEBSep 13, 2017 · Anthony W. Neal is a graduate of Brown University and University of Texas School of Law and has written for the Bay State Banner since 2012. In defiant disregard of late nineteenth-century racial attitudes and Boston’s racial demographics, Dr. Thomas William Patrick founded the profitable Patrick ...
Pressley opens Hyde Park district office - The Bay State Banner
WEBAug 19, 2021 · BANNER PHOTO. Before U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley arrived in her Hyde Park district office to celebrate its opening, the River Street storefront was packed with activists from across her district — a ward committee chair from Roxbury, a Chelsea School Committee member, anti-gun-violence activists from Randolph and …
Banner Around Town - The Bay State Banner
WEBLast week, the Witherspoon Gala celebrated arts and culture in the heart of Roxbury. The event included a ribbon cutting for the opening of the Library Gallery at the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library.
Bartlett Station cuts ribbon on 76-unit housing complex
WEBAug 21, 2019 · City officials and representatives of the Nuestra Comunidad community development corporation and Windale Developers last Thursday cut the ceremonial ribbon on the first residential and commercial buildings on the Bartlett Station site, with 76 housing units and 13,000 square feet of commercial space. The buildings are …
Election guide: Who’s on the ballot? - The Bay State Banner
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Running for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ballot are Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, state Rep. Tami Gouveia and state Sen. Eric Lesser. Republican candidates for that office are former state representatives Kate Campanale and Leah Cole Allen. In the race for secretary of state, corporate attorney and …