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This story was produced by the Globe’s Money, Power, and Inequality team, which covers the racial wealth gap in Greater Boston ... on supporting the city’s Black churches.
Activists in Boston are asking for $15 billion in reparations for slavery from the city and “white churches ... among some of those churches, into the black community,” Peterson added.
BOSTON (AP) — It’s time for the Blessing of the Animals at Boston ... Formally part of Christ Church in the City of Boston, the church is home to an active Episcopal congregation.
The Boston Task Force on Reparations called on "White churches" to step up and pay the Black community back for ... was established through a 2022 Boston City Council ordinance and made up of ...
Today, Boston Globe Reporter Tiana Woodard joins The Common for a look at the factors driving some Black churches out of the city, and how these moves are impacting faith communities.
Trinity Church’s Sunday morning service appeared to be just like any other except for the bevy of four-legged worshippers in attendance for the annual “Blessing ... moved to Boston and was ...
“Many of the well-known white churches in downtown Boston are connected to the slave trade and the proliferation of what was a ‘slavetocracy’ in our city,” said the Rev. Kevin ...
NewSpring Church hosted the annual Blessing of ... you're welcome in our city and we're praying for you. READ MORE: Atlantic Beach welcomes bikers with smiles at annual Black Pearl festival ...
BOSTON (CBS) -- It's all smiles and selfies near the finish line on Sunday as the city gets ready for the 125th Boston Marathon. On Sunday, the Old South Church ... "The blessing of the athletes ...
BOSTON - With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration falling on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, members of the Black ... City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune. Community, city, church and ...
The historical churches of Lafayette Square and political leaders of Baltimore will host the 12 th Annual Blessing of the City, 9:30 a.m ... to get coverage on Black communities from the media ...
What a blessing ... in that Boston neighborhood. (Courtesy of Candler School of Theology, Emory University) She goes on to note that, "In an otherwise highly segregated city and church, St ...