Boston is an ethnically diverse city with 52 percent of the population identifying as people of color, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
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Something for everyone:
Boston hosts countless cultural festivals throughout the year, some of which include:
- Annual Dragon Boat Festival on the Charles
- Cambridge Carnival International
- Roxbury Film Festival
- Film Festival Celebrating the Voice and Vision of New England Filmmakers of Color
- South End's Puerto Rican Day Parade
- Boston Latino International Film Festival
- Beantown Jazz Festival
- Cape Verdean Festival
- India Day Celebration
- Haitian Parade; the Dominican Parade
- Gospel Festival
- Peace Hip Hop Festival
- Chinatown August Moon Festival
Did you know?
- Sam Cornish, a figure of the Black Arts movement whose poetry focused on themes such as slavery, kinship and civil rights, was selected as Boston’s first Poet Laureate in January 2008.
- Boston's Museum of African American History is New England’s largest museum dedicated to preserving, conserving and interpreting the contributions of African Americans. The Museum has preserved four historic sites and two Black Heritage Trails that tell the story of organized black communities from the Colonial Period through the 19th century.
- You can walk through over two centuries of American history on Boston's 2.5-mile red-brick "Freedom Trail." The trail highlights 16 historic sites, including museums, churches,
meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, ships, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and beyond.
Mural of Boston's Edgerly Road Playground
- Boston is a "city connected by murals." Every summer four "Mural Crews" of young Boston artists paint murals that reflect the neighborhood where a wall is located. The program has given hundreds of Boston's youth the opportunity to be active participants in linking art and community.
- A Boston landmark, the African Meeting House is the oldest of its kind in America. Located in what once was the heart of Boston's 19th-century African American community, the house remains a showcase of black community organization and an enduring testimony to black craftsmanship.