MEL KING looms as the iconic figure above all others of Black Boston’s last 50 years, but it’s not because he fit any archetypal picture of an outspoken activist or outsized political figure – though he was both. King was sui generis, making a huge mark across decades of Boston history while cutting a profile […]
Mel King
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The ‘conscience of Boston’
WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. led a march from Roxbury to Boston Common in 1965 to protest school segregation in the city, his deepest connection here was a young Roxbury minister named Michael Haynes. They met not long after King arrived from Atlanta to pursue at doctorate at Boston University in 1951. King delivered guest […]