"Stop the Highway" Presentation & Discussion

"Stop the Highway" -- Learn about the history of transportation advocacy in Roxbury!

“Stop the Highway” is the campaign that successfully halted the proposed ‘Inner Belt’ of Interstate Highway 95 that would have cut through towns from Concord to Boston and would have destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses in Roxbury. Many were displaced before a coalition of organized communities brought the plan to a halt.

Today’s Orange Line, Melnea Cass Blvd, Malcolm X Blvd, and many other changes are in place as a result of the organizing and leadership activities of Roxbury citizens and the Black United Front.

This is Roxbury’s recent history – that some never knew or heard of. Hear — and contribute to — this first of a 3-part series in the documentation of Roxbury’s role in shaping national policy on transportation and community planning.

Part 1 with Chuck Turner
Saturday, January 30, 2010
12:00 PM
Dudley Branch Library

Part 2 with Leonard Durant
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Time & Location TBD

Part 3 with Leonard Durant
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Time & Location TBD