Martin Luther King III, left, is greeted by Mayor Michelle Wu, right, prior to commemorating the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on the Common Saturday.(Photo by Paul Connors/Media News ...

Local News Boston rally honors 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally “I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that.

Doreen Wade from Cambridge raises her fist in the air at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, April 26, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston ...

Hundreds of people hold a rally at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, April 26, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston Common which featured ...

A historic marker will pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr.'s love for America's oldest Black intercollegiate fraternity, and ...

Doreen Wade from Cambridge raises her fist in the air at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, April 26, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston ...

BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city's segregated ...

Doreen Wade from Cambridge raises her fist in the air at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, April 26, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston ...

Doreen Wade from Cambridge raises her fist in the air at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday, April 26, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston ...

BOSTON — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city's segregated ...