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Attucks was arguably the first casualty in the country's struggle for independence from Britain. Like George Floyd, Attucks was in his mid-40s when he died at the hands of a white man.
News As America confronts racism, death of Crispus Attucks - a black man gunned down by a British soldier in the Boston Massacre - is recalled Updated: Jun. 05, 2020, 7:58 a.m.
Attucks likely was the first to die in the Boston Massacre in 1770. British soldiers killed Attucks and four other men in the face of a mob in Boston.
Crispus Attucks was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770—and became known as the first fatality in the fight for American independence. In a poem memorializing the ...
Dezmon Briscoe had 17 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks to give Attucks a chance, but South Bend St. Joseph wins first boys basketball state title.
Tracy Murphy was one of Crispus Attucks' biggest fans. Murphy died Sunday, the morning after attending Attucks' sectional championship game.
Crispus Attucks made it back to the state championship for the first time since 2017. The Tigers will play South Bend St. Joseph in the title game.
Experience the obstacles, courage, and triumph of Crispus Attucks High School. Built while the Ku Klux Klan ran Indiana, Crispus Attucks High School was designed to fail. Instead, for more than 40 ...
Crispus Attucks — an African American gunned down by a British soldier in the Boston Massacre of 1770 — is a symbol of entrenched white-on-black violence and oppression.
Many in the Black Lives Matter movement are invoking Crispus Attucks — an African American gunned down by a British soldier in the Boston Massacre of 1770 — as a symbol of entrenched white-on ...
Attucks is generally described as a man of mixed race, the first killed in the Boston Massacre and who was buried in Granary Cemetery beneath a stone commemorating the clash. But there is seldom ...
The public are surprised to learn that John Fiske has agreed to deliver the oration when the Crispus Attucks statue is set up in Boston. View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...