Homegoing Celebration

for

MELVIN

“MEL” KING

April 10 & 11

UNION CHURCH BOSTON

485 COLUMBUS AVE

Photo of Mel King by Séan Alonzo Harris

Funeral Program

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Media

Tributes

The Bay State Banner, “Mel King was a visionary Boston leader,” Yawu Miller, March 31, 2023.

Boston.com, “‘He showed us the potential of this City on a Hill’: How Mel King is being remembered in Boston,” Dialynn Dwyer, March 29, 2023.

The Boston Globe, “Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94,” Mark Feeney,  March 28, 2023.

CommonWealth, “Mel King: A singular Boston sensation,” Michael Jonas, March 29, 2023.

DUSP at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “A Legacy at MIT, in Boston, and Beyond.”

GBH, “Basic Black: Reflecting on the life and legacy of Mel King,” Basic Black, March 31, 2023.

GBH, “Mel King on political action and community activism,” March 29, 2023.

GBH’s Phillip Martin remembering Mel King: ‘He’s leaving a lot behind. But he’s also pushing a lot of things forward,’ March 29, 2023.

Liberation News, “In Memoriam: Melvin “Mel” King, Boston giant and committed fighter for Black liberation,” Rachel Domond, March 29, 2023.

Roxbury Crossing Historical Trust, “Mel King – Visionary,” Rosalyn Delores Elder, September 10, 2022.

WBUR, “Boston activist and politician Mel King, ‘our Nelson Mandela,’ dies at 94,” Max Larkin, March 28, 2023