Why you need to visit Boston to learn about America's Black history | GBH News Rooted

Boston's role in the American Revolutionary War is well-documented. An organization called Everyone 250 is highlighting the often less well-known stories of Black Bostonians who helped make that history. Joining GBH News Rooted Host Paris Alston to discuss:

James Bennett II
Arts & Culture Reporter
GBH News

Kellie Carter Jackson
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Wellesley College

Dart Adams
Co-Chair, Everyone250


00:25 Crispus Attucks
2:00 Fight for 'The Embrace'
3:00 Black soldiers in Concord, MA
5:30 Phillis Wheatley
7:30 First community of free Black people
9:30 There are Black people in Boston
10:30 Myth-busting
12:00 Name five Black people from Boston
14:00 Revolution's not over
15:20 What keeps you rooted?


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