Hollywood actor Buck Jones died in this city after a horrific 1942 fire killed almost 500 people at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub. A Pulitzer winning photo of a black lawyer being attacked by the American flag depicts an event in this city arising out of protests against court-ordered desegregation busing. A longtime mayor of this city was the controversial James Curley. A labor dispute here was prompted by the refusal of Edwin Upton Curtis to recognize a certain union. In 1919, twenty-one people were killed at a disaster in this city beginning at the Purity Distilling Company facility on an unusually hot January day. One event in this city prompted the quote "There is no right to strike against the public safety, anywhere, anytime" by Gover
Hollywood actor Buck Jones died in this city after a horrific 1942 fire killed almost 500 people at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub. A Pulitzer winning photo of a black lawyer being attacked by the American flag depicts an event in this city arising out of protests against court-ordered desegregation busing. A longtime mayor of this city was the controversial James Curley. A labor dispute here was prompted by the refusal of Edwin Upton Curtis to recognize a certain union. In 1919, twenty-one people were killed at a disaster in this city beginning at the Purity Distilling Company facility on an unusually hot January day. One event in this city prompted the quote "There is no right to strike against the public safety, anywhere, anytime" by Governor Calvin Coolidge. For 10 points, name this Massachusetts city which was home to both a molasses disaster and police strike.
Hollywood actor Buck Jones died in this city after a horrific 1942 fire killed almost 500 people at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub.
Boston