Episode 5: To Be Black, Bostonian, and Proud is a beautiful resistance

Dart Adams, a hip-hop historian, author, and Boston griot is a native son of the South End and Lower Roxbury. The world outside of Boston likes to believe Black and brown people don't live here and Old Boston is complicit in their erasure. Dart learned young the importance of keeping the stories and marking the space. He takes Globe culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt on a tour of his Boston Black history. Read more www.bostonglob...
Concept & curation by Jeneé Osterheldt/Globe Staff
Video by Caitlin Healy/Globe Staff
Additional video by Shelby Lum/Globe Staff
Photo by Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Illustration by Paula Champagne
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[@starelise1387]

Bro black people have been in New England ever since we were brought to this country!

[@sneakykamon]

Fun fact: that's my brother lol. I'm not gonna lie, I knew how passionate he felt about the city of Boston but I didn't quite understand it until I moved away. I've dealt with worse things outside of Boston than in it. That's why it will always be home.

[@sunnye6342]

This is Sooooo Correct! about New Edition also, Born and Raised in Boston. Always Connected.

[@NinaLaNegraAiLiRox]

Great video Jeneé and Dart. One correction, it is NOT a moving of the Harriet Tubman it is a removal and land theft. Simple, diabolic and sad.

[@williamwooten6156]

lo sabes

[@CM-on7jq]

this was really great

[@williamwooten6156]

Big Ups Boston

[@natasharufo9654]

Born an raised in Boston . Its always been mixed thats why i love it here. Believe other places are way worse.

[@williamwooten6156]

Natasha, well said

[@CorcoranDavid]

Let's not forget the legendary and beloved Mr Butch en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Butch