Health Equity Timeline of MetroWest | Leverage The Power of Our Past

Colonial Trade Routes and Goods

Enslavement Starts in Massachusetts

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Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Massachusetts Is First Colony to Legalize Slavery

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Susan Anne Ridley Sedgwick

Two Court Cases Push For Abolition

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Black Families Advocacy Pushes MA for Universal Access to Public Education

New England Female Medical College

The First Female Medical College Established

Ultrastructural details seen in the cell wall configuration of a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria

Tuberculosis Demonstration in Framingham (1st CBPR Study in the World)

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Protest for Fair Housing

MA Fair Housing Law Passes

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Ceremony for National Head Start Day in the East Room of the White House, Washington, DC. Originally from White House Photo Office Collection, 11/22/1963 - 01/20/1969

Framingham Launches Six Head Start Classrooms

A letter from a resident of Wellesley, MA, who works in Boston to Mayor John F. Collins stating their hope that the mayor will show support for those who wish to abolish de facto segregation in Boston Public Schools

Wellesley Among First METCO Districts

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller

Framingham Honors Solomon Carter & Meta Fuller

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Image of the outside of the Brazilian American Center

BRACE Founded in Framingham

Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones and Secretary of Economic Development Yvonne Hao

MA Establishes Free Nursing & Community College Programs