The power of a columnist is incontrovertible. Not long ago, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory wrote a moving piece decrying the plight of Shirley Simmons, mother of the late Darryl Williams. Back in 1979, he was the innocent victim of senseless violence in Boston, violence that made him a quadriplegic and confined him to a …
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Responding to the Darryl Williams Aftermath
Some stories never end, and too often the media let them drift from public consciousness. Not so, Brian McGrory. His moving column Wednesday on the aftermath of the Darryl Williams shooting is a powerful reminder that some people just can’t catch a break.Darryl was a football player from Roxbury playing for J.P. High when he …
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Marjorie Arons-Barron 