Byron Rushing
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Byron Rushing is an American politician who represented the Ninth Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019. He represented the South End neighborhood of Boston.
Rushing in 2012
Rushing in the 1980s
Rushing speaking in 2007, with Governor Deval Patrick looking on
Rushing (far left) celebrates a ribbon cutting at the Copley station in 2010 alongside MBTA General Manager Richard A. Davey, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, and Boston City Councilor Michael P. Ross
African Meeting House
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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 ed
Byron Rushing
…Inner City Change in Boston. He became the director of the Urban Change program at the Urban League in 1969. From 1972 to 1985, he was President of the Museum of African American History in Boston. Under his direction, the museum purchased and began the restoration of the African Meeting House, the oldest extant black church building…
African Meeting House