All posts tagged "protest"
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2.8KFlashback PhotosFlashback Photo: 10 Suffragists Arrested in Front of the White House, Aug. 28, 1917
Ten suffragists were arrested for picketing in front of the White House for the right to vote on Aug. 28, 1917. That year,...
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23.8K22MassachusettsIn 1765, Rebels Sacked the Boston Mansion of Thomas Hutchinson
Thomas Hutchinson, the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, had one of the finest homes in Boston – until August 26, 1765. On that...
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6.8K11MassachusettsThe ‘Loyal Nine’ Christen the Boston Liberty Tree
Andrew Oliver discovered on August 14, 1765 that he had made a terrible career move – a decision that ultimately gave birth...
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4.9K10MassachusettsTrade, Taxes, Monopolies and Tea: A Revolutionary Brew
On every December 16th, it’s hard not to turn your mind back to the year 1773 when the most famous protest of...
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12.4K20MassachusettsHow the Wampanoag Indians Took Back Gay Head
The Gay Head Wampanoag Indians lived on Martha’s Vineyard for thousands of years, and for the last 400 they never gave up...
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8.1K4Arts and LeisureTenting Tonight: A Civil War Song Endures 150 Years Later
The beloved Civil War song Tenting Tonight captured the war-weariness of the homesick soldier, but it was written by a draftee who...
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5.7K11MassachusettsTwo Different Bostons Shaped Malcolm X and MLK (Pt. 1)
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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