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Lucy Parsons Center

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Lucy Parsons Center
Lucy Parsons Center

The Lucy Parsons Center, located in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, is an radical, nonprofit independent bookstore and community center. Formed out of the Red Word bookstore, it is collectively run by volunteers. The Center provides reading material, space for individuals to drop in, and a free space for meetings and events.

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Lucy Parsons Center
Garrison Street, Boston Back Bay

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02199 Boston, Back Bay
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