Boston gathered Tuesday at the South End's Union United Methodist Church to bid farewell to Mel King. King — perhaps the city's most prominent modern Black organizer and politician — died on ...

King served in the state legislature and was the first Black person to run for mayor of Boston in 1983. He was also well-known for fighting for affordable housing and services in the city.

Four Boston schools in a city building were renamed Wednesday to honor civil rights leader Mel King, who died one month ago.The McKinley Schools in Boston's South End is now known as the Melvin H ...

In a lifetime of activism, King saw his beloved city not only as it was, but as it could be for all Bostonians. Barely a year after moving to Boston, I was planning my exit strategy. I might have ...

Mel King, a prominent civil rights figurehead in Boston credited with much of the city's progress on integration in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 94.

Kyle Thomas, who goes by the stage name King Tuff, brought a slice of Vermont life to Boston on Thursday night at The Sinclair. Thomas and his four-piece band consisting of a bass, lead guitar, ...

Boston gave Melvin King a goodbye in the neighborhood he was born in, served in, and died in. The Union Methodist Church in the heart of Boston’s South End was filled with the memories of Mel ...

Mel King celebrates at the Parker House in Boston on Oct. 11, 1983, after finding out he has made it into the final round of elections for Boston mayor. King ultimately lost to Ray Flynn.

The City of Boston has decided to rename a South End school in honor of the late Mel King — a local civil rights icon who broke barriers for Black Bostonians by becoming the first Black person ...

King Arthur Baking Company, headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, also has a pop-up shop on Newbury Street in Boston through February 2025. The store offers food products, such as the flour shown ...

The city of Boston unveiled a new memorial sculpture in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King on Friday. The reception for the 22-foot statue has been decidedly mixed — ranging ...

Boston restaurants hosting King Tut-themed brunches as city hosts exhibit. Share Copy Link. Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Updated: 11:49 AM EDT Aug 7, 2022 ...