Ralph Boston, the Olympic long jump champion who broke Jesse Owens’ world record, then had his mark eclipsed by Bob Beamon’s record-shattering leap at the Mexico City Games, died Sunday. He was 83.

Drawing on her recent book, The New Bostonians, Johnson will discuss how immigrants have helped transform the Boston metropolitan area since the 1960s as it evolved from an declining manufacturing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A police officer escorts a handcuffed Albert DeSalvo in February 1967.Ollie Noonan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images In the early ...

Editor’s note: The Globe is reaching into its archives to bring you “Replay,” articles from the past that highlight something interesting, timely, or revealing. This story by John Ahern on the new pro ...

Several former players have talked about how Boston in the 1960s was a completely different environment—especially for Black athletes. The crowds were hostile, the atmosphere was intense, and the city ...

For decades, a singular photographic collection has lain nearly unseen in the Somerville home of photographer Charles Daniels — a half century’s worth of undeveloped film crammed onto shelves, stuffed ...