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It's time to banish the racist legacy of Tom Yawkey - The Boston Globe
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Robert Rauschenberg
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Red Sox petition to rename Yawkey Way back to Jersey Street - Sports Illustrated
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Boston changes Fenway Park's 'Yawkey Way,' citing former owner's racist past
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Boston to officially change Yawkey Way to Jersey Street outside Red Sox's Fenway Park
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Peter Dreier, Robert Elias - Baseball Rebels - The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up The Game and Changed America-University of Nebraska Press (2022), PDF, American Civil War
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Bostonians Lament Loss Of 137-Year-Old Pub And Its Trove Of History : NPR
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Sunday, May 21, 2017, Commencement by The Tufts Daily - Issuu
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Fenway Park: Yawkey Way changed to Jersey Street over racist past - Sports Illustrated
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FenwayNation—Red Sox, Mookie, J.D., Bogaerts, Sale, JBJ—Founded 1/27/2000—9-Time Champs: April 2018
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Jersey Street has its own dark past – Boston Herald