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During a press conference Wednesday proclaiming March 5, the anniversary of the event, to be Crispus Attucks Commemoration Day in Boston, Wu noted that many have historically overlooked Attucks ...
Boston City Councilor Brian Worrell on Monday issued a call for the creation of a standalone statue in the city honoring Crispus Attucks, who was killed in the Boston Massacre. Attucks was one of ...
A new statue may be coming to Downtown Boston sooner than later, with a city councilor looking to create a monument in honor of Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Indigenous descent who was ...
Advisory: This story includes descriptions of violence, abuse and oppression of Black and Indigenous people that were the norm in colonial-era Boston. Every tour of Boston's Freedom Trail stops at the ...
Mention the topic of Black people in the Revolutionary era, and many people can name Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave from Framingham who died in the 1770 Boston Massacre and is hailed as the ...
A Boston City Councilor wants the legacy of Crispus Attucks to be immortalized in the city.Councilor Brian Worrell is calling for the city to put up a standalone statue in Attucks' honor.He was ...