Fighting for Tomorrow
What does the memory of Crispus Attucks mean to us today?
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Attucks in Art
Artists portrayed Attucks to remind the nation that people of African and Native descent are central to the American story.
Fighting for Change
Generations of Americans called on the memory of Attucks in their own struggles for freedom and equality.
A Man of Many Worlds
Attucks’s views were likely shaped by his life as a mariner of African and Native descent living in British-occupied Boston.
Introduction
Examining the few details we know about Crispus Attucks’s life and how his legacy has evolved over 250 years.