Religion and Social Movements
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7.3K2The Birds’ Best Friend: How Ernest Baynes Saved the Animals
Ernest Baynes was the closest thing New England, and the world for that matter, will ever get to a real-life Dr. Doolittle....
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6.2K3Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Take a Freedom Trail Out of Boston
In 1951, Boston Evening Traveler columnist Walter Schofield began campaigning for the city to create a path taking pedestrians past milestones of...
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10.7K11Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in Boston: One City, Two Different Worlds
When Martin Luther King, Jr., moved to Boston in 1951 to study for his graduate degree in philosophy, Malcolm X was already...
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6.4KNew Englanders Who Made it to the 1963 March on Washington
Fifty years ago when the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom electrified the nation, buses came from everywhere, filled with people...
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9.8K710 New Englanders Turned On By Timothy Leary
When Timothy Leary famously turned on, tuned in, and dropped out, he took a lot of people with him. One prominent name...
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13.3K6Witch Trial Records Produced Hysteria of Their Own
Whether you’re a Pawn Stars fan or Antiques Roadshow is more your speed, the story is the same. Money-hungry owner of a...
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