How the Boston Marathon is helping a city reckon with a troubled racial past
by Melanie Eversley from on (#5QJ94)
The Boston Marathon is taking steps to ensure unsung Black and brown running heroes will receive overdue recognition and runners of color will feel more welcome to the community
As Beantown prepares for its globally followed annual signature event on Monday, spectators and runners may notice the Boston Marathon pushing past a new kind of wall.
The change with the oldest contested marathon in the world is made even more dramatic by the race's return to a live event after a two-and-a-half-year pandemic hiatus.
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