Boston civil rights icon Mel King, who ran for mayor in 1983, has died at the age of 94. Words of praise are flowing in from city leaders.
Civil rights icon Mel King, the first Black person to reach a general election in a Boston mayor's race, has died at the age of 94, his wife, Joyce, toldKing, who represented Boston's South End in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, lost to Mayor Ray Flynn in the 1983 mayoral election.
Joyce King told the Globe her husband had been ill in recent months and had briefly been hospitalized at Boston Medical Center, but that he said three days ago he wanted to return home.Get New England news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox."For decades, Mel King taught us all how to serve, how to build, and how to love," Mayor Michelle Wu wrote in a statement.
"Mel King has passed & is no longer with us in physical form, but his work & legacy endures in every corner of this city. I was so lucky to learn from him & his vision. What a legacy," City Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune wrote on Twitter.
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