WATCH LIVE: The funeral for beloved community leader Mel King is being held in Boston.
Family and friends of trailblazing Boston civil rights activist Mel King are gathering in Boston's South End for his funeral on Tuesday, which was declared a citywide day of remembrance.at 94. The funeral at Union United Methodist Church will be officiated by Rev. Dr. Jay Williams, with members of the family and community giving eulogies, withKing, who in 1983 became the first Black person to reach a general election in a Boston mayoral race, inspired a generation of politicians in the city.
on Monday, where Mayor Michelle Wu made the declaration of a day of remembrance, and a wake later in the day.Mel King’s son opens up about his father’s life as a community leaders ad civil rights activist.Union United Methodist Church Monday for King’s public viewing“I saw people of every race, every ethnicity, every religion in that line back there and it’s beautiful,” said Ben Flucas, who worked with King at the State House.
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