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Mass Humanities supports programs that use history, literature,
philosophy, and the other humanities disciplines to enhance and
improve civic life throughout Massachusetts.
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>> Taking Center Stage
Is America the great melting pot? This year's conference will examine migration and immigration in Massachusetts. Join us June 11th.
>> All the News
An inside look at Clemente after a five-year study, and much more, in our latest newsletter.
>> Public Squared
We're launching a new grant to reassert the public square in resolving the crises that confront us today. Help us "square" the impact; learn more here!
>> Spring Fling
The humanities are everywhere: Get outside this spring with our top picks for the rugged humanist in you
Literature & Medicine
Humanities at the heart of health care >>
The Clemente Course in the Humanities
Tuition-free, college-level instruction >>
The Public Humanist
Today: The Newfound Fact of Fiction >>
Reading Frederick Douglass Together
“The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro” >>
1954
Supreme Court Strikes Down “Separate but Equal”
On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the doctrine of separate but equal. "Segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race . . . deprives the children of a minority group of equal educational opportunities,"... >>
