History

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  HISTORY

  ‘The mother of African American literature’: Remembering the poet Phillis Wheatley Peters

  February 25, 2021 | 10:17 pm
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  Restaurants

  The dishes that shaped some of Boston’s Black restaurant owners

  February 18, 2021 | 8:43 am
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  Black History Month

  9 ways to celebrate Black History Month in Boston and beyond

  February 16, 2021 | 5:00 am
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  HISTORY

  The Blizzard of 1978 made Valentine’s Day 4 days long in Massachusetts

  February 11, 2021 | 11:40 pm
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  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

  Eight years after JFK’s death, Jackie Kennedy slipped into the White House for one last visit

  February 3, 2021 | 8:32 am
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  'BLACK IS ...'

  The Boston Public Library released its annual ‘Black Is…’ booklist. Here’s what’s on it.

  February 2, 2021 | 2:15 pm
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  Ibram X. Kendi

  Ibram X. Kendi’s new book brings together a ‘choir’ of writers to tell the history of African America. Here’s what he wants you to know.

  February 2, 2021 | 6:27 am
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  CURSED IMAGES

  These are the 11 most ‘cursed’ images in a recent Boston Public Library archive dump

  January 28, 2021 | 11:00 pm
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  WELL, WELL, WELL

  The trials of Mary L. Pierce, the 19th-century woman behind the sinkhole in Dorchester

  January 25, 2021 | 11:48 pm
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  Acorn St.

  Boston boasts one of the most beautiful alleys in the world, according to USA Today

  January 16, 2021 | 4:34 pm