When the Democratic National Convention comes to town next summer, Boston's Host Committee aims to display as many faces of color to the delegates as possible. The goal is to show the Democratic Party and the nation that Boston has overcome its history of racial divisions.
But minority activists point out that people of color still face significant hurdles in Boston, including lower income levels, home ownership levels and educational attainment than whites.
Some say that in order to create racial harmony, there must first be economic equity, and the NAACP and black elected officials are pushing the city to make good on its promise to award a significant number of …
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