SJC: Explore Boston’s 1800s Black Community
June 21 @ 12:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Join the Social Justice Coalition and friends from South Church on a National Park Ranger guided tour to explore Boston’s Black community in 1800s Beacon Hill. This is a vigorous walk up and down Beacon Hill on cobblestone. We’ll also picnic near the new “Embrace” monument, Boston’s Statue of Liberty, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King.
Carpool leaves South Church at noon. Bring a picnic lunch. We’ll return around 5:30pm.
For details or to meet us in Boston, click to email Meredith Moody or Jan Holden.
Link here for info about the National Park Service’s The Black Heritage Trail
Enjoy completing the Junior Ranger guide download link here
For additional background link here for virtual activities, videos and video series that dive into Boston’s complicated history, the story of the rendition of Anthony Burns
Link here for more info on Boston’s monument to love, equity, justice and belonging https://stories.embraceboston.org/
Read about controversy surrounding the monument after installation Boston magazine