Editing Crispus Attucks (section)

== In popular culture ==
* "First man to die for the flag we now hold high was a black man" is a line from [[Stevie Wonder]]'s 1976 song "[[Black Man (song)|Black Man]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wilson|first=Ivy G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W97QCwAAQBAJ|title=Specters of Democracy: Blackness and the Aesthetics of Politics in the Antebellum U.S.|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0199714049|page=169|language=en}}</ref>
* "Crispus Attucks, the first blasted" is a line from [[Nas]]'s 2008 song "[[Untitled Nas album|You Can't Stop Us Now]]".
* The poet [[John Boyle O'Reilly]] wrote the following poem when the monument was finally unveiled:

<blockquote>And to honor Crispus Attucks who was the leader and voice that day: The first to defy, and the first to die, with Maverick, Carr, and Gray. Call it riot or revolution, or mob or crowd as you may, such deaths have been seeds of nations, such lives shall be honored for aye [...]</blockquote>
* [[Melvin Tolson]] begins his poem "Dark Symphony" with the lines: "Black Crispus Attucks taught / Us how to die / Before white Patrick Henry’s bugle breath / Uttered the Vertical / Transmitting cry: / 'Yea, give me liberty or give me death.'"
* [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] referred to Crispus Attucks in the introduction of ''[[Why We Can't Wait]]'' (1964) as an example of a man whose contribution to history provided a potent message of moral courage.
* In the successful sitcom ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'', [[Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)|Will Smith]] names Crispus Attucks as one of many inspirational African-American figures in history when he tries to explain why he is failing history.
* In February 2012, [[Wayne Brady]], [[J. B. Smoove]], and [[Michael K. Williams|Michael Kenneth Williams]], as well as [[Keith David]], appeared in a satirical rap music video about Crispus Attucks.<ref name=FOD_video>{{cite web |last = Brady |first = Wayne |title = Crispus Attucks 'Today Was a Good Day' with Wayne Brady, JB Smoove & Michael Kenneth Williams |date = 16 February 2012 |url = http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/bc018e0780/crispus-attucks-today-was-a-good-day-with-wayne-brady-jb-smoove-michael-kenneth-williams?playlist=featured_videos |access-date = 17 February 2012 }}</ref>
* In the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Luke Cage (TV series)|Luke Cage]]'', based on the [[Marvel Comics]] character of the [[Luke Cage|same name]], there is a housing development called the Crispus Attucks Complex, named in honor of Attucks. Cage also explains Attucks' role in the Boston Massacre at the end of the second episode of the series.<ref>{{cite web |last = Schremph |first = Kelly |title = Is The Crispus Attucks Complex A Real Place? 'Luke Cage' Is Putting An Important Figure In The Spotlight |date = 30 September 2016 |url = https://www.bustle.com/articles/187031-is-the-crispus-attucks-complex-a-real-place-luke-cage-is-putting-an-important-figure-in |access-date = 30 September 2016 }}</ref>
* [[Spike Lee]]'s 2020 film ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]'' refers to Crispus Attucks.