Black History

The Root host Felice Leon joins NBCLX to discuss the celebration of Kwanzaa and if the social reckoning that occurred throughout the country in 2020 has had an impact on the Kwanzaa tradition.

Black organizers and activists explain the history of Juneteenth in Boston and why this year feels different, after George Floyd’s death and in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

Protests over racial injustice were again held Saturday across the state of Massachusetts, as momentum for reform continues in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Hundreds of people showed up Saturday afternoon in Cambridge at a Black Lives Matter event. The large group gathered on Cambridge Common for a rally around 4 p.m. before marching down Massachusetts Ave. They...

Organizer Ashia Wilson says they’ve made some progress with Cambridge but noted there’s still a lot more work ahead.

Calls for change continued in Cambridge where hundreds participated in a Black Lives Matter march.

Dozens of rallies, marches and vigils were held Friday and are planned throughout the weekend in Massachusetts to mark Juneteenth, the traditional commemoration date of the end of slavery in the U.S. “Juneteenth, for me, is a celebration of Black history,” activist Monica Cannon-Grant recently told NBC10 Boston. “It’s still going to be the day that we were semi-free,...

People across the commonwealth gathered for marches and rallies on Juneteenth.

Juneteenth rallies and protests calling for racial justice were held across Massachusetts on Friday, bringing out people and politicians. Rep. Joe Kennedy III spoke live at an event in Milton.