| TG01a MYTOWN: A Youth-Led Tour of Boston's South End 05/14/2008, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM Walking Tour MYTOWN (Multicultural Youth Tours of What's Now) focuses on the multiethnic hidden history of Boston and the impact of residents throughout Boston's neighborhoods. Specifically the South End is like a microcosm of Boston and contains rich local history focused on citizen activism, social justice, and the histories of different immigrant groups in Boston. The tour is an attempt to share the stories of people and places not typically associated with Boston in the way that we know Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party. MYTOWN focuses on people and places who are rarely mentioned in U.S. history texts. This tour will take you through the South End on a walking tour led by Boston youth. We begin at Back Bay Station by the A. Phillip Randolph statue, the grandfather of the civil rights movement. Stops include Tent City and the South West Corridor Park; Allan Crite Square, named for the prominent local African-American artist; Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe, one of the few places that allowed people of all races to eat together since 1927; the Harriet Tubman Park and Settlement House; Union United Methodist Church, an Underground Railroad stop; the Lucy Parsons Center, a Radical bookstore; Wally's Jazz Cafe, the oldest black-owned nightclub in New England and historical jazz site; and the former residence of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. TG01a Wednesday, 3-5:30 p.m., $50 |