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Press release from the City of Boston:
June 15, 2021
Some of the influential Carribean-Americans that are celebrated include Audre Lorde, an influential feminist, writer, and civil rights activist; Jean-Michel Basquiat, a renowned painter and social commentator; Harry Belafonte, a musician, actor, and activist; Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American Congresswoman and African-American woman candidate for President; Roberto Clemente, the first Latino inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame; and Malcolm X, a human rights activist and key figure in the civil rights movement.
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