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Byron Rushing (born July 29, 1942) is an American politician who represented the Ninth Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 42 relations: African Meeting House, Boston, Boston Planning & Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Capital punishment, Charles A. Murphy, Charlie Baker, Congress of Racial Equality, Democratic Party (United States), Deval Patrick, Discrimination, Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Divinity School, Fat acceptance movement, Frieda Garcia, General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Gentrification, Harvard College, Jon Santiago, Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician), Kathi-Anne Reinstein, Laity, LGBT rights by country or territory, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mel King, National Park Service, National Urban League, New York (state), New York City, Northern Student Movement, Pre-existing condition, Racial profiling, Roxbury Heritage State Park, Roxbury, Boston, Seat belt laws in the United States, South End, Boston, Suburbanization, Syracuse, New York, Thomas Menino.

  2. African-American state legislators in Massachusetts
  3. American politicians of Jamaican descent

African Meeting House

The African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Planning & Development Agency

The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), formerly the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), is a Massachusetts public agency that serves as the municipal planning and development agency for Boston, working on both housing and commercial developments.

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Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848.

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.

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Charles A. Murphy

Charles A. "Charley" Murphy (born August 11, 1965) is the former representative of the 21st Middlesex District to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Massachusetts House Committee on Ways and Means. Byron Rushing and Charles A. Murphy are members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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Charlie Baker

Charles Duane Baker Jr.

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Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the civil rights movement.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Deval Patrick

Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, religion, physical attractiveness or sexual orientation.

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Episcopal Church (United States)

The Episcopal Church, officially the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere.

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Episcopal Divinity School

The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) is an unaccredited theological school in New York City.

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Fat acceptance movement

The fat acceptance movement (also known by various other names, such as fat pride, fat empowerment, fat liberation, and fat activism) is a social movement which seeks to eliminate the social stigma of obesity.

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Frieda Garcia

Frieda Garcia is a longtime activist and community organizer in the South End and Roxbury areas of Boston, Massachusetts.

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General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America

The General Convention is the primary governing and legislative body of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.

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Harvard College

Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Jon Santiago

Jon Santiago (born April 1, 1982) is an American physician and Democratic politician who served as the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023.

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Joseph Wagner (Massachusetts politician)

Joseph F. Wagner (born May 7, 1960 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represents the 8th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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Kathi-Anne Reinstein

Kathi-Anne Reinstein is a former American state legislator who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2014.

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Laity

In religious organizations, the laity consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother.

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LGBT rights by country or territory

Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of Massachusetts. Byron Rushing and Massachusetts House of Representatives are members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Mel King

Melvin Herbert King (October 20, 1928 – March 28, 2023) was an American politician, community organizer, and educator. Byron Rushing and Mel King are 21st-century African-American politicians, African-American state legislators in Massachusetts and members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Urban League

The National Urban League (NUL), formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of economic and social justice for African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Northern Student Movement

The Northern Student Movement (NSM) was an American civil rights organization that drew inspiration from sit-ins and lunch counter protests led by students in the south.

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Pre-existing condition

In the context of healthcare in the United States, a pre-existing condition is a medical condition that started before a person's health insurance went into effect.

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Racial profiling

Racial profiling or ethnic profiling is the act of suspecting, targeting or discriminating against a person on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality, rather than on individual suspicion or available evidence.

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Roxbury Heritage State Park

Roxbury Heritage State Park is a history-themed heritage park in the oldest part of Roxbury, a former town annexed in 1868 by Boston, Massachusetts.

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Roxbury, Boston

Roxbury is a neighborhood within the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Seat belt laws in the United States

Most seat belt laws in the United States are left to state law.

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South End, Boston

The South End is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States which is bordered by Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury.

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Suburbanization

Suburbanization (AE), or suburbanisation (BE), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.

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Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in, and the county seat of, Onondaga County, New York, United States.

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Thomas Menino

Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014.

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See also

African-American state legislators in Massachusetts

American politicians of Jamaican descent

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Rushing