This round table discussion will present diverse perspectives on the history of Black mobilization in Boston--bringing together community leaders who have been doing the work, from organizing around civil rights and the school desegregation in the 1960s and ‘70s to today’s struggle for Black empowerment. Our political climate impels us to reflect on the lessons of past decades of Black mobilization, to be informed about the issues Black Bostonians face in 2018, and to discuss as a community some of the efforts underway to confront those issues.