Boston’s Black community

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Boston’s Black community is a historically rooted and culturally vibrant population whose social, political, and artistic life has long centered in neighborhoods such as Roxbury and surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American community
urban ethnic community
country United States
grewSignificantlyDuring Great Migration
hasArtisticTradition gospel music
hip hop
jazz
spoken word poetry
hasCivilRightsOrganization NAACP Boston Branch
linked to: NAACP

Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
hasCommunityOrganization Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Madison Park Development Corporation
hasCulturalInstitution Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists
National Center of Afro-American Artists
Roxbury Cultural District
linked to: Roxbury
hasEconomicCenter Dudley Square / Nubian Square
linked to: Nubian Square

Grove Hall
hasEducationalInstitution Roxbury Community College
hasFacedIssue police-community tensions
residential segregation
school desegregation conflicts
urban renewal displacement
hasHistoricalRootsInCentury 18th century
19th century
hasHistoricSite African Meeting House (Boston)
Prince Hall Masonic Temple
Roxbury Heritage State Park
hasMediaOutlet The Bay State Banner
hasNotableEvent Juneteenth celebrations in Boston
Roxbury International Film Festival
annual Caribbean Carnival in Boston
hasPoliticalInfluenceIn Boston city politics
hasPoliticalOrganization Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus
hasSignificantPresenceIn Dorchester
Hyde Park
Mattapan
Roxbury
South End
historicalCenter Dorchester
Mattapan
Roxbury
includesEthnicSubgroups African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

African immigrants
Cape Verdean Americans
Caribbean immigrants
isPartOf African diaspora in New England
language English
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts
religiousTraditions Black Protestant churches
Catholicism
Islam

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Nubian Square hasCulturalSignificanceFor Boston’s Black community