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Photograph of the building the ICA relocated to in 1973 (it has had many locations over the years), which was once police headquarters.

This picture is representative of the lawn in the modern-day Boston Commons near the statue. The monument is slightly hidden behind the trees and its up on a small hill called the "Flag Staff Hill."

This picture is representative of the lawn in the modern-day Boston Commons near the statue. The monument is slightly hidden behind the trees and its up on a small hill called the "Flag Staff Hill."

Rap version of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Rap version of a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Charles Sumner Statue was installed in 1878, over 100 years before the ducklings entered the Public Garden

"Pictorial maps, with extensive index on verso, including listing some 38 theaters (which are numbered on the map). Shows streets, parks, city blocks, Rapid Transit Lines, Surface and Underground Trolley Lines and Bus Routes, city landmarks,…

Smith Court contains the entrances to the Museum of African American History, which includes the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School. The street is also home to the Smith Court Residences, five homes that exemplify those that black…

A close-shot video clip of author's feet walking on the original floorboards of the African Meeting House, the oldest surviving black church building in the US. The ground featured in the clip is the same ground walked on by many prominent…

This gray house was built in 1787 and is on elf the oldest standing houses on Beacon Hill. It was the home to George Middleton (1735-1815), a Revolutionary War veteran who led one of three black militias that fought in the Civil War. He also founded…