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Black voices now

Globe Opinion seeks to amplify the perspectives and the voices of Black community members, scholars, activists, doctors, teachers, business leaders, students, and parents as op-ed and letter writers, and as innovators and provocateurs featured in Globe Ideas. Here we feature Black voices from the community amid the historic protests following the killing of George Floyd. We aim to amplify yet more Black voices going forward.

LETTERS
Marvelous Marvin Hagler attracts attention at Logan Airport in this Sept. 9 file photo.
Marvin Hagler was marvelous with the kids in his visit to Dana-Farber cancer clinic
They had no need to know about his boxing, since they immediately grasped his kindness. He went from bed to bed, connecting with each child, easing their day.

LETTERS
Newton residents watch on Lincoln Street in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Conlon on Jan. 5.
Family of victim in Newton police shooting wants crisis training to be mandatory
We are left wondering whether, had this training been mandatory for all officers on Jan. 5, Michael might still be with us.

IDEAS | RODNEY BUSH
One in five prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times higher than that of the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
‘It’s not possible to isolate yourself or social distance in here’
When America went into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19, America’s prison inmates were locked in with it.

Jerren Chang
Feeling powerless? Exercise your civic rights
Civic engagement is fundamental for a free and fair society. But we often overlook the importance of civics for personal well-being.

LETTERS
The Very Rev. Amy McCreath as seen in a 2013 file photo.
A missed opportunity to hear a variety of faith leaders reflect on Ash Wednesday
"Ash Wednesday is an important part of the church year for Orthodox Christians and many Protestant denominations, including my own. It is not just a Roman Catholic event."

EDITORIAL
A police officer stands at the construction site of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in Boston, July 2017.
‘Civilianizing’ police details can be win-win
Thousands of requests go unfilled even as BPD maintains a stranglehold on those lucrative gigs.

LETTERS
Chelsea native Chick Corea performs at the Hatch Shell in Boston on June 25, 1989.
As kids, they jammed in the basement — and he heard what would become the Chick Corea sound
"I asked him to play something for me. What I heard was stunning — the touch, the invention, the effortless fluidity."

LETTERS
Dr. Bernard Lown, a pioneering cardiologist and a recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as a cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, was photographed in his Newton home in 2012. He died Feb. 16 at 99.
The concentric circles of Dr. Bernard Lown’s influence
"It really is up to individuals of conscience to believe in their collective power to create a just and livable future."

IDEAS
Winter Walk participants last February. The fundraiser, which raises awareness about homelessness in Boston, went remote this year and also spawned a podcast.
The ‘dirty secret’ of being a homeless child
A young Bostonian recalls a childhood of homelessness and housing insecurity.

LETTERSWhat did a background check have to do with mourning a shooting victim?
"Do we need to be informed that the victim had no previous wrongdoing in order to open our hearts to the loss of a doting father suffered by his daughter?"