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From: Union of Minority Neighborhoods <umnunity@gmail.com>
To: eelaj@aol.com
Sent: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:20 pm
Subject: TODAY, in 2 hours! 160th Anniversary of Roberts v. Boston
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160th Anniversary of
Roberts v. Boston
~~~ | | Monday 2:00pm MARCH 30, 2009 Harriet Tubman House 566 Columbus Ave
It was because of Benjamin Roberts that Dr. Martin Luther King was able to dream. Roberts, a printer from Boston in 1848 filed a desegregation suit against the city on behalf of his five year old daughter, Sarah. Unfortunately, he lost. And the Massachusetts Supreme Court deemed "separate but equal" constitutional. But Roberts and organized like-minded Black folk, refusing to let others determine their destiny, took to the streets. In 1855, the state legislature passed a bill declaring segregation illegal in Massachusetts. 100 years later in 1954, the federal government in the landmark case, Brown v. the Board of Education, declared segregation unconstitutional.
Boston's Black communities have much to be proud of and a legacy to uphold!
Let's BE PROUD of Our Young People!
LET'S STAND UP
for THE FUTURE of
OUR Communities!
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80 percent
of Boston Public School Students are of African Descent
Yet,
Black Communities are not at the
Decision Making Table
JOIN
Black People for Better Public Schools
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