50 Years of Joyful Resistance: the History of CLVU (Event Video)

In this presentation City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU) shares its rich history of organizing in Boston to build the power of working class and BIPOC communities to fight for systematic change. Founded in 1973, and currently located in The Brewery, City Life is known for its anti displacement organizing, fighting unscrupulous landlords; defending families from foreclosures and evictions.

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Jamaica Plain Weekly War Bulletin

The Jamaica Plain Weekly War Bulletin was first published in January 1972 by a small group of people, opposed to the Vietnam War, who moved to Jamaica Plain in 1971. The group chose Jamaica Plain after studying census data and deciding that it was the best place in the area to organize a "multiracial movement of the poor."

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Charlie Rosenberg
Burn Boston Burn Book Talk (Event Video)

Video of a book talk held at the Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library on April 2, 2022 featuring Wayne M. Miller the author of Burn Boston Burn. His book tells the remarkable story Boston in the early 1980s when the City is set ablaze. This is the true story of the deep conspiracy of nine men, determined to wreak havoc on the city and the relentless investigators who uncovered them. Told from the perspective of the head ATF Special Agent in charge of the investigation.

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'Jamaica Plain Spoken' Video Interview Project

Jamaica Plain Spoken was a video/interview project that JP musician Rick Berlin started with his friend Todd Drogy in 2004. It consists of nearly sixty interviews with people of all genders, beliefs, ages and ethnicities. Just a bunch of local characters describing their lives and offering their opinions about Jamaica Plain. The project was stopped due to a lack of funding, so the YouTube clips are all that remain. Those links are gathered here.

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Jimmy Durante Visits Jamaica Plain

Jimmy Durante and his entourage paid a visit to Hanlon’s Shoe Store in Jamaica Plain in 1958.  During a visit to Boston to perform in a downtown club Durante asked where the best place was to buy shoes in Boston and was directed to Hanlon’s Shoes on Centre St.  Mr. Durante purchased five pairs of shoes on that first visit to Hanlon’s and returned on a number of occasions to make additional purchases.

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