President, Roxbury Historical Society; Public historian; Former MA State Representative (1983-2018); retired community organizer
Joined February 2022
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I don’t think this 3-decker wandered off. It’s herd was slaughtered
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Only legal legislated boundaries of neighborhoods. If you don’t see your favorite; it is in one of these
East Boston in 1637
South Boston in 1804
Roxbury, 1868
Dorchester, 1870
West Roxbury, 1874 (separated from Roxbury in 1851)
Charlestown, 1874
Brighton. 1874
Hyde Park, 1912
Who took Mattapan out of Dorchester?
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Grove Hill is not Dorchester. Tell us what authority you are using for boundaries
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One more official step forward for @BPLBoston and @BostonNeighbor and @CityOfBoston – at Cambridge, MA
The BPDA Board of Directors approved the project at Parcel R-1 in #Chinatown to build new affordable housing and a Chinatown branch library. More: bostonplans.org/projects/dev…
My “quotation” are a polite way to signal the colonists were “white” and mostly pro-slavery. The radical Europeans were “white” and mostly anti-slavery. Those arguments must have been interesting
“We” are the first British colonies to gain “their”independence through war. Lafayette and other European radicals supported this movement and joined to finance it and to kill British soldiers and Tories.
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👇 Tap below to read more about the highlights of this week’s Royal activities, events and engagements:
I just signed a @commoncause petition: Social media platforms MUST combat election disinformation, hate speech, harassment, and other harmful content on their sites. Sign here: act.commoncause.org/petition…
A quote for a sign on the door leading out of the exhibit: “You may choose to look the other way
but you can never say again that you did not know.”
From, William Wilberforce, speech to British Parliament, 1791
@ByronRushing : As a community organizer, I had to train myself to listen to people. I was not going to be able to improve the community of Lower Roxbury; the people were going to be able to do that and I had to listen to them first. #HNESummit
It is too late to be satisfied with “small” actions. Wake up every morning committed to tell the truth, teach the truth. And the obverse, wake up every morning committed to call out the lies you hear that day, that you hear taught that day.
@ByronRushing : As a community organizer, I had to train myself to listen to people. I was not going to be able to improve the community of Lower Roxbury; the people were going to be able to do that and I had to listen to them first. #HNESummit
“This is white political fragility in Boston…They just don’t have the numbers on their side. They don’t have time on their side, because the white people who are moving into Boston don’t like them.”
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Byron Rushing retweeted
@ByronRushing : As a community organizer, I had to train myself to listen to people. I was not going to be able to improve the community of Lower Roxbury; the people were going to be able to do that and I had to listen to them first. #HNESummit
Byron Rushing retweeted
Next up at #HNESummit: "Obliterating the Old Lens on Social History?" featuring @CatherineAllgor of @mhs1791, Bethany Groff Dorau of @newburyhist, @ByronRushing of the Roxbury Historical Society, and @KyeraChristine of @royallhouse.
Byron Rushing retweeted
Letter in today's @BostonGlobe @GlobeOpinion by execdir of @AceEJ @dwaign + execdir of @Trees_Boston @daveedmesh. Boston's urban forest must not only plant, but also preserve. @CraneLedgeInfo #treeequity
For the sake of the city’s trees — and its residents
bostonglobe.com/2022/10/01/o…
