Longtime Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was inducted more than 40 years ago into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The plaque honoring Yawkey, whose team was the last in baseball to sign a Black player, should be revised to take account of his role in maintaining the sport’s segregation.
Peter Dreier
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Jerome Rappaport and the destruction of Boston’s West End
Jerome Rappaport, a huge figure in Boston’s business and civic world, died on December 6 at age 94. Rappaport, a successful developer and philanthropist, had an enormous impact on Boston […]