Longtime Boston civil rights activist Mel King, whose 1983 campaign for mayor helped the city repair some of the racial divisions sparked during the school busing crisis, has died
Boston mayoral candidates Mel King, left, and Raymond Flynn participate in a debate, Nov. 7, 1983, at the Old South Church in Boston. King, a civil rights activist whose campaign for mayor helped the city begin to repair some of the racial divisions sparked during the city's school busing crisis, has died. He was 94.
But instead of reigniting the discord, the race had the opposite effect, being seen as respectful, even friendly at times. Flynn said he first met King, who grew up in the city's racially mixed South End, when the two played basketball as teenagers. King would go on to lose to Flynn by 30 points. But the race came to be seen as a turning point in a city once described as a collection of ethnic enclaves.
“The city was polarized. It was divided," Flynn said."Busing really brought out the worst in the city of Boston. The election brought out the best. People all felt they were part of new opportunities.”
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