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Author: Byron Rushing

Byron Rushing was a longstanding member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 9th Suffolk District from 1983 to 2019. Between 1972 and 1985, he worked as the president of the Museum of African-American History. While there, he helped raise money for the purchase and the restoration of the African Meeting House.
February 6, 2022 Byron Rushing Massachusetts, The Logbooks

The Story of “America” Needs to Recognize Everyone

"We know the names of the slavers and slave traders. We need to add the names of the enslaved."

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Who we are

Atlantic Black Box is a public history project that empowers communities throughout New England to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region’s complicity in the slave trade and our extensive involvement in the global economy of enslavement. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by citizen historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, educators, archivists, museum professionals, antiracism activists, and artists.

Why history?

We believe in building community better through enlightened conversation. Our mission is to initiate and sustain open, engaging, and inclusive dialog at the local and regional level about who we were, who we are, and who we hope to be going forward, informed by an evidence-based approach to understanding our history and the many ways in which it connects to our present.

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