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Is there such a thing as true silence? “Silence” includes the voices of Pico Iyer, Kay Larson, Christopher Ricks, James Johnson, Damian Carr, Steven Cooper, Bob Celmer, Cecil McBee, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold. It also includes Brian Calvert’s piece “The Rest is Silence,” which was originally made for KCRW’s Independent Producer Project. Produced by Zack Ezor, Conor Gillies, and Andrea Shea. Editing help from Sean Cole, Katherine Gorman, and Erika Lantz. Artwork by Robert Beatty. From WBUR, Boston’s NPR News Station.

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The first season of A People's History comes Tuesday, November 19, 2019.

A People's History

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Episode 1 of 6. "Placement" from The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing. November 19, 2019. At a new public housing project in Boston, mothers organize to try and close the city dump. Meanwhile, a black freedom movement emerges across Northern cities. 

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From Jacobin magazine and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, this podcast traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.

We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").

Episode One, "Placement"

Episode 2 of 6. "Grove Hall" from The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing. November 26, 2019. As urban rebellions arise in cities, welfare rights advocates in Boston public housing use militant tactics to get services they are owed.

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From Jacobin magazine and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, this podcast traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.

We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").

Episode Two, "Grove Hall"

Episode 3 of 6. "Rent Strike" from The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing. December 3, 2019. Tenants take their growing dissatisfaction and aim it at their landlord, the Boston Housing Authority. 

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From Jacobin magazine and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, this podcast traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.

We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").

Episode Three, "Rent Strike"

Episode 4 of 6. "Free Breakfast" from The Point: Rebellion and Resistance in Boston Public Housing. January 7, 2020. Sisters Angie Irving and Linda Wade bring the Black Panthers to Columbia Point.

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From Jacobin magazine and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, this podcast traces a social history of Boston from the urban rebellions of the 1960s, through busing in the 70s, into the Clinton era.

We investigate these events from the lens of one community: Columbia Point, the largest public housing project in New England. Built on an isolated landfill site next to the Boston city dump, it was the site of major organizing, from welfare rights to a Free Breakfast for Children program. It was also the first public housing project to be sold off and redeveloped as private "mixed-income" development (and was a model for the federal policy "HOPE VI").

Episode Four, "Free Breakfast"

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