Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 797,936,making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston,Chelsea,Revere,and Winthrop. The traditional county seat is Boston,the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in 1999,and so Suffolk County today functions only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County is located at the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence,MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.
Roxbury is a neighborhood within the City of Boston,Massachusetts,United States.
Absalom Jones was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church,he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787,a mutual aid society for African Americans in the city. The Free African Society included many people newly freed from slavery after the American Revolutionary War.
Jarrett Tomás Barrios is the chief executive officer of the American Red Cross Los Angeles Region,a former politician and activist. Prior to this,he served as the CEO of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts. Barrios served as a member of both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate and became the first Latino and first openly gay man elected to the Massachusetts Senate. He subsequently served as president of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and,later,of the Gay &Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
Michael F. Rush is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the Suffolk and Norfolk district. This includes Boston,ward 18,precincts 7 to 20,inclusive,22 and 23,ward 19,precincts 10 to 13,inclusive,and ward 20,in the county of Suffolk;and Dedham,Norwood and Westwood,in the county of Norfolk.
Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Church at 551 Warren Street in Boston,Massachusetts. The current church building was built in 1888 by J. Williams Beal and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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. It is anchored by the Dillaway–Thomas House,a large colonial structure built in 1750 and thought to be the oldest surviving house in Roxbury. The location includes an adjacent 1-acre (0.40 ha) landscaped park with views of the Boston skyline,and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.
Gloria Lavera Fox is a former Massachusetts state representative for the 7th Suffolk District,. Fox represented the 7th Suffolk District from 1987 until her retirement in 2016.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Frieda Garcia is a longtime activist and community organizer in the South End and Roxbury areas of Boston,Massachusetts. She served as Executive Director of the United South End Settlement for 20 years and was one of the founding members of La Alianza Hispana.
Whittier Street Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary care and support services to primarily low-income,racially and ethnically diverse populations mostly from the Roxbury,Dorchester,Mattapan,and the South End neighborhoods of Boston,Massachusetts.
Frederica M. Williams,MBA,FCIS has served as the president and chief executive officer of Whittier Street Health Center in Boston,Massachusetts since 2002. Biography
Michael E. Haynes was an American minister and politician in the state of Massachusetts. His parents,Gustavus and Edna,were immigrants from Barbados.
Fort Hill is a 0.4 square mile neighborhood and historic district of Roxbury,in Boston,Massachusetts. The approximate boundaries of Fort Hill are Malcolm X Boulevard on the north,Washington Street on the southeast,and Columbus Avenue on the southwest.
Royal Lee Bolling was a Massachusetts politician and head of a prominent African-American political family. While serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1965,he sponsored the state's Racial Imbalance Act,which led to the desegregation of Boston's public schools.
Norfolk and Suffolk is a district of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers 13.1% of Norfolk County and 9.4% of Suffolk County population in 2010. Democrat Mike Rush of West Roxbury has represented the district since 2011.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Jon Santiago is an American physician and Democratic politician who served in the Massachusetts state representative for the 9th Suffolk district from 2019 to March 2023. He ran a campaign for mayor of Boston in 2021,but withdrew from the race before the primary election.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Brookline in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Bill MacGregor of West Roxbury.
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. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat John Moran of the South End has represented the district since 2023.
