April 4, 2023 Mel King, Whose 1983 Mayoral Campaign Ushered In a New Era in Boston Race Relations, Dies at 94 Mark Feeney The Boston Globe Mel King, the longtime political activist and former state representative from the South End who in 1983 became the first Black person to reach a Boston mayoral general election, died Tuesday morning in his South End home. He was 94.
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