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MUSIC SPECIAL: ROCK AGAINST RACISM TURNS 40

Written by C. SHARDAE JOBSON Posted November 20, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction

Here, five individuals associated with RAR share their memories of Boston back then, what they gained from having RAR in their lives, and how, in 2019, we can continue to honor the groundwork RAR laid for a better Boston.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Interviews, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: 1980s, 1984, bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston History, Boston rap, BPS, breakdancing, breaking, Dorchester, hip hop, HONK!, Madison Park, oral histories, oral history, race, racism, Rapperteers, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, Spiun City Rockers, UMass, UMASS-Boston

THROWBACK: REVISITING ROCK AGAINST RACISM

Written by PACEY FOSTER Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction, Performing Arts

Mass Hip-Hop Archive breaks critical positive gem out the vault

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film, Non-fiction, Performing Arts Tagged With: bboys, bgirls, Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston rap, breakdancing, breaking, hip hop, Madison Park, Reebee Garofalo, Rock Against Racism, Roxbury, UMass, UMASS-Boston

SUMMER HOOPS SPECIAL: SEARCHING FOR STRO

Written by GEORGE HASSETT Posted July 13, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials

BNBL. Mike Mitchell, Woodley Auguste, Boston, basketball, hoops, Madison Park, sports, Mayor Collins, Mayor Flynn, street ball, King Gaskins, Stro Strothers, Roxbury Basketball Association, RBA, Rucker, Harlem, Baker League, Philadelphia, University of Oregon, Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop and Street Basketball, Onaje X.O. Woodbine

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Specials Tagged With: Baker League, Basketball, Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, BNBL. Mike Mitchell, Boston, Harlem, Hip-Hop and Street Basketball, hoops, King Gaskins, Madison Park, Mayor Collins, Mayor Flynn, Onaje X.O. Woodbine, Philadelphia, RBA, Roxbury Basketball Association, Rucker, Sports, street ball, Stro Strothers, University of Oregon, Woodley Auguste

SPECIAL: UNHAPPY MADISON: FIRST SEMESTER STORIES FROM ONE OF BOSTON’S MOST TROUBLED SCHOOLS, AS TOLD BY THE STUDENTS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 24, 2014 Filed Under: News

BY RONJAY BEASLEY, TAJAE SMITH, AND THE YOUTH OF MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL

 

Following student-led protests outside Madison Park High School at the start of fall semester, the press paid notable attention to the disorganized state of Boston’s public vocational institute. Though not sufficiently ...  read more

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, first semester, Madison Park, mayor Marty Walsh, media, Roxbury, schedules, student perspective, Students, teacher shortage, vocational school

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