All posts tagged "WGBH"
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7.9K8Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. in New England
Martin Luther King Jr. spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in...
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51.6K41bostonA Brief History of the Boston Brahmin
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill....
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19.5K6Arts and LeisureThe French Chef Comes on With a Bang in 1963
Julia Child was neither French nor a chef, but The French Chef made her a national icon and helped launch the Public...
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15.6K7Arts and LeisureThe Other Boston Tea Party, The Hippest Club in Town
Boston and Cambridge were centers of the Sixties counterculture, and from 1967-70 the other Boston Tea Party was the epicenter of the center....
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13.0K4Arts and LeisureThe Night James Brown Saved Boston
James Brown, the hardest working man in show biz, worked extra hard on April 5, 1968 to keep Boston calm in the...
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6.6K7Arts and LeisureHow the Lowell Mill Girls Led to Masterpiece Theatre
In January 1971, WGBH-TV presented the first Masterpiece Theatre, made possible by a grant in 1836 from John Lowell, Jr. Really. John Lowell,...
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