13 min listen
A people's history through Boston Urban Archive
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
The Instagram account Boston Urban Archive offers a look at the history of the city's communities of color. Ebony Gill created the page in December of 2023, while she was a student at University of Massachusetts Boston. Since then, the account has garnered more than 30,000 followers with images that take viewers down Boston's memory lane.
WBUR Reporter Arielle Gray visited UMass Boston's Healey Library to document Ebony at work for our Field Guide to Boston. She joins The Common to talk to us about the experience, and what is gained when we shine a light on these parts of the city's history.
Greater Boston’s daily podcast where news and culture meet.
WBUR Reporter Arielle Gray visited UMass Boston's Healey Library to document Ebony at work for our Field Guide to Boston. She joins The Common to talk to us about the experience, and what is gained when we shine a light on these parts of the city's history.
Greater Boston’s daily podcast where news and culture meet.
Released:
May 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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