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covering black communities @BostonGlobe.com | tn born, tx raised | tiana.woodard(at)globe(dot)com | genealogy, crochet, & rilakkuma enthusiast

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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
1/ my heart is still full from this past weekend’s #NABJ25 convention in cleveland! i accepted the 2025 michael j. feeney emerging journalist of the year award at the convention’s annual hall of fame luncheon.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
1/ this is my last week at @bostonglobe.com. next month, i’ll be starting a new job as a research and oral historian at the monticello, focusing on recording and preserving the family stories of the hundreds of ppl thomas jefferson enslaved over his lifetime.
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Olivia Yarvis @oliviayarvis.com · 09/06/2025
Honored to win a New England Emmy for a video I produced with the amazing Janelle Nanos about social isolation in the wake of COVID-19. You can watch it here: youtu.be/eZZ1vINkVxw
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Samantha Gross @samanthajgross.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
ICYMI: Trump's newest travel ban echoes the 2017 "Muslim ban," which hit close to home in Boston. But instead of a cohesive legal front that slowed a version of the first ban, some experts here fear this one will face less resistance. w/ @tianarochon.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/m...
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Trump’s newest travel ban echoes the 2017 ‘Muslim ban.’ But this time, things feel different. - The Boston Globe
Some critics and experts fear this one will face less resistance.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
@tufts.edu alum jaiden mosley was always interested in the history of his school, but then, he learned he was a part of it. he recently learned he's a distant relative of peter tufts, by mapping out his family tree. for @bostonglobe.com:
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A Tufts alum completed a fellowship. Lesson learned: he’s related to his alma mater’s founder. - The Boston Globe
In the months leading up to his graduation, 22-year-old Jaiden Mosley discovered a connection to the American colonist who later founded the university he will soon hold a degree from.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
in 2020, dozens of boston group pledged to spend $$$ towards racial equity. but where did it go? @vincedixon.bsky.social and i tried to figure out where a billion of those dollars went. but it’s painstakingly hard to do so. for @bostonglobe.com:
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After George Floyd’s murder, Boston groups pledged $1 billion toward equity causes. Where did it go? - The Boston Globe
Dozens of Boston organizations pledged to fund racial equity. The Globe tried to track the commitments down.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
i'm very excited to announce that i was selected as nabj's 2025 michael j. feeney emerging journalist of the year! this work isn't done for the honors, but it feel so good to be recognized. :)
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Niki Griswold @nikigriswold.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
ICYMI: Josh Kraft is focused on persuading Black voters in Boston’s mayoral race. Is it working? #bospoli #mapoli By me and @tianarochon.bsky.social for @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/m...
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Josh Kraft is focused on persuading Black voters in Boston’s mayoral race. Is it working? - The Boston Globe
A first-time candidate up against a savvy incumbent, Kraft believes his narrow path to victory runs directly through Roxbury and Boston’s other communities of color.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
1/ the hyde square task force teens that unearthed pricing differences at two stop & shop locations in 2023 are rejoicing after prices at the two stores are now roughly equal. but they're pressing on, with hopes that more communities see similar prices. for @bostonglobe.com:
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‘A massive win’: After Stop & Shop lowers Jamaica Plain store prices, youth organizers rejoice - The Boston Globe
Members of the Hyde Square Task Force and the Massachusetts delegation are pressing for the corporation to drop prices in more low-income neighborhoods.
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Yawu Miller @yawumiller.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The District 7 race has grown from 7 to 16 candidates. Challengers now in 6 of the 9 Council districts, plus an expanded cast of at-large candidates. flipsidenews.net/expanded-fie...
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Expanded field of candidates for District 7, at-large Council seats
Tania Fernandes Anderson earlier this month agreed to plead guilty to charges in a federal case in which prosecutors allege she gave a former staffer and $13,000 bonus, then took a $7,000 kickback fro...
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Theo L @foppishfiligree.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I was fortunate to speak with @tianarochon.bsky.social last week for this story about Boston’s queer history and ongoing efforts to preserve what my former employer has purged. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...
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National Park Service scrubs Boston LGBTQ+ history in quiet purge of website - The Boston Globe
Historians say the deletions are part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to wipe LGBTQ+ history from the public record.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
the national park service wiped boston lgbtq+ history from their websites due to trump's executive orders. community members worry this will impact their ability to fight back. for @bostonglobe.com:
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National Park Service scrubs Boston LGBTQ+ history in quiet purge of website - The Boston Globe
Historians say the deletions are part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to wipe LGBTQ+ history from the public record.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/04/2025
Several students who sheltered in place during Thursday’s deadly shooting at Florida State University shared a traumatizing coincidence: They had also endured the Parkland, Florida, school massacre in 2018.
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Several FSU Students Also Endured Parkland School Shooting
For some, the sight of law enforcement officers in tactical gear on Thursday, sweeping campus for a gunman, was familiar.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
after 45 yrs of leading the peoples baptist church of boston, pastor wesley a. roberts is retiring. i wrote about his final sermon for @bostonglobe.com, and what it means to part with a role you’ve had for nearly half your life.
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This historic Boston Black church has had the same pastor for 45 years. At 87, he decided it’s time to move on. - The Boston Globe
The Rev. Wesley A. Roberts took on the interim pastor role at Peoples Baptist Church of Boston in 1980, and has remained there since.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@bostonglobe.com has reflected on the pandemic that changed every aspect of our lives. i explored how covid shined a light on the health equity work people in boston have been shepherding for years. and right now, a lot of this work is at risk.
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COVID-19 put the spotlight on the region’s health equity leaders. Five years later, they are targets. - The Boston Globe
The pandemic laid bare inequities that Boston's greatest minds worked hard to address. Five years later, some of these actions are under fire from the Trump administration.
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Steph Machado @stephmachado.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
NEW: The Trump administration is investigating the Providence public schools over a loan forgiveness program only open to teachers of color The program, funded by @rifoundation.bsky.social, is part of an effort to diversify the district's mostly white teaching staff
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Trump administration investigating Providence schools over ‘educator of color’ loan forgiveness program - The Boston Globe
The student loan forgiveness program is for full-time teachers of color in Providence, and is funded through a grant from a private nonprofit
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Leah Becerra @leahbecerra.com · 12/03/2025
Today was my last day working at The Boston Globe. So grateful to have been part of this incredible newsroom✨ I’ll share where I’m headed after this next week.
A fake homepage for bostonglobe.com with headlines and images about Leah Becerra.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
hiya! @bostonglobe.com is exploring affordability for an upcoming series. are you considering moving? do you feel like you're better off than your parents were at your age, or worse? send us your hot takes here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
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Tell us: With costs rising, how are you getting by? - The Boston Globe
Do you feel squeezed by the rising cost of living in New England? The Globe wants to hear from you for a series about affordability.
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Vince Dixon @vincedixon.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Who's in DOGE - NYT www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 45 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The AP was banned from the event but the French press corps conspired to get a US AP reporter inside and insisted she be allowed to ask her question.
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French Resistance Steps in After AP Banned From Trump-Macron Presser
The Paris Press Corps today ensured that an AP reporter could enter and ask a question.
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Sabrina Shankman @shankman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The quiet town of Cumberland ME is now the epicenter of Trump & Gov. Mills' battle over the rights of transgender students. In some ways, Mills is taking a stand on behalf of one student from here. Most say they're glad to see it. My latest (non-climate) story www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/24/m...
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Quiet Maine town at center of Trump-Mills transgender sports clash - The Boston Globe
The town of Cumberland, Maine — about 20 miles north of Portland — has landed at the heart of the clash between President Trump and Governor Janet Mills over transgender athletes.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The legendary Roberta Flack, who sang “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," “Killing Me Softly," "The Closer I Get to You," "Feel Like Making Love," and "Where Is The Love," has died at 88.
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Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 24/02/2025
Today's Starting Point explains how President Trump has changed the dynamic of the war in Ukraine. More top stories: • Elon Musk has started eliminating jobs and closing Social Security offices. • Pope Francis remains in critical condition today.
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It’s ‘a different era’ for Russia’s war in Ukraine - The Boston Globe
Trump’s push to end the fighting, his hostility toward Ukraine, and his affinity for Putin have dramatically altered the landscape
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Emily Sweeney @emilysweeney22.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Boston Association of Black Journalists is hosting a panel discussion this Thursday (2/27) with @tianarochon.bsky.social, @kwanialunis.bsky.social, @phillipgbhnews.bsky.social, @sueoconnell.bsky.social, and Malcolm Johnson of @nbcboston.com ....check it out.
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I just want to say thank you to everyone who has reached out with kindness and encouragement, both personally and in these social media streets. So very proud of The Reidout @joy.msnbc.com team, who are truly family, and all of our supporters & friends. See you tomorrow night at 7, one more time ‼️
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
after summer 2020, black-owned businesses in massachusetts received unprecedented interest from target, amazon, walmart, and other retailers. w/ the recent dei rollbacks, some businesses that have their products on these companies' shelves are worried. for @bostonglobe.com w/ dana gerber:
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Target’s, Amazon’s, and Walmart’s DEI programs attracted Black Mass. businesses. Then came Trump’s executive orders. - The Boston Globe
Though these big-name retailers haven’t removed these products from their shelves, growing calls for boycotts have some small business owners worried.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 20/02/2025
The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation.
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Trump administration throws out protections from deportation for roughly half a million Haitians - The Boston Globe
The Department of Homeland Security in a news release said they were vacating a decision by the Biden administration to renew Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
hi! @bostonglobe.com black communities reporter here joining the growing journalists crowd. what stories about black boston are we missing in our coverage? pls send any tips, story ideas, or thoughts to tiana.woodard@globe.com.
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Tiana Woodard - Reporter - The Boston Globe
Tiana Woodard covers the city’s Black communities. Her reporting on the region’s diverse Black communities has taken her from the ballot boxes of Boston’s historic 2021 mayoral election, to the hubbub...
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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The lost story of the former slave who opened one of Providence’s first restaurants and elevated the oyster My latest, via @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/20/m...
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The lost story of the former slave who opened one of Providence’s first restaurants and elevated the oyster - The Boston Globe
The shellfish was considered food for the poor before Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, an emancipated Black man, started serving them to the city’s elite in the 1700s.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 19/02/2025
We want to hear from federal employees based in New England who have left their jobs since the beginning of the Trump administration. Share your story in the survey below.
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Tell us: Have you departed a job in the federal government since the Trump administration began? - The Boston Globe
Were you laid off, or did you choose to leave? What was your experience of departing your role? Are you concerned about how your absence will play out?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tj
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/02/2025
1. Yesterday, Representative Nancy Mace shouted an anti-trans slur into the microphone at a congressional hearing three times in a row. When pointed out that she was egregiously breaking decorum, the chair ruled she was not. Subscribe to support our journalism. The latest from Mira Lazine.
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Rep. Nancy Mace Shouts Anti-Trans Slur 3 Times In A Row At Hearing And Goes Unpunished
The congresswoman has been behind multiple recent attempts to target transgender people, including her own colleague, transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Arab Americans for Trump has changed its name to Arab Americans for Peace following Trump’s comments that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip
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Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president's Gaza 'Riviera' comments
The group Arab Americans for Trump is renaming itself Arab Americans for Peace after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.
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Leah Becerra @leahbecerra.com · 05/02/2025
Datasets tracking trends in the US population that inform both public policy and funding have disappeared from the US Census Bureau’s website in recent days.
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What else is gone from federal websites? Troves of census data, rattling local groups. - The Boston Globe
On Friday evening, the US Census Bureau’s website was completely inaccessible for a few hours as data were scrubbed from the site.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
among the causes that will face threats under trump: reparations. as demands for racial justice gained speed in 2020, reparations advocates used that momentum to form an unprecedented number of commissions. but these gains, including those made in boston, could be erased. for @bostonglobe.com:
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Boston’s reparations task force has faced hurdles two years in. The Trump era could present another barrier. - The Boston Globe
Some reparations advocates are strategizing on how to protect their programs from legal threats, which they say are inevitable in the current political climate.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A historic Black church in Washington, DC, now owns the Proud Boys’ name Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church can seize any money the far-right group makes from selling merchandise
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A Historic DC Black Church Now Owns the Proud Boys’ Name - Washingtonian
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church can seize any money the far-right group makes from selling merchandise.
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Sabrina Shankman @shankman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Spill the tea. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/m...
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Tell us: Has your work been impacted by the Trump administration’s executive orders on DEI and gender? - The Boston Globe
We want to hear from you.
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Erin Douglas 📝 climate reporter @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In New England, my colleagues and I are hearing from states that some clean energy programs are *still* effectively on pause, despite multiple judicial restraining orders on the Trump funding freeze. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/s... #solar #solarforall #fundingfreeze #climate #climatenews
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Trump’s attempted funding freeze was blocked. So why are billions in grants for solar still locked up? - The Boston Globe
The $7 billion Solar for All program is at a standstill, due to a pause by the Trump administration. Massachusetts has a $156 million grant to bring solar to low income residents, but the federal webs...
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
new: vicente's supermarket, a brockton-based grocer, is opening its fifth location at the roxbury property vacated by walgreens last year. the closure had sparked protests as residents said it fed into growing "pharmacy deserts." for @bostonglobe.com:
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‘A win-win for the community’: Vicente’s Supermarket, a Brockton-based grocery store, to replace Warren St. Walgreens in Roxbury - The Boston Globe
The retail space in Roxbury that had been vacated by Walgreens for more than a year has a new tenant: Vicente’s Supermarket, a Brockton-based, Cape Verdean-owned grocery chain.
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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
NEW: It’s now clear that HALF of all Black households in Altadena were consumed by flames and residents have told Capital B they’ve received phone calls from investors asking if they were willing to sell before the ashes had cooled. capitalbnews.org/black-altade...
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In Altadena, Black Households Were Most Likely to Burn, Study Finds
Nearly half of Black residents saw their homes reduced to rubble as a result of the Eaton Fire that ripped through parts of the Los Angeles area.
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tiana woodard (she/her) @tianarochon.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
1/ for @bostonglobe.com, i worked with an all-star team to bring some of the businesses included in the negro motorist green book to life. you can explore these spots here. #blackhistorymonth #bhm
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Legacy of the Green Book travel guide in New England
Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. The Globe mapped the listings.
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