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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. It starts with something ...
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60 years ago, my grandfather joined Martin Luther King's Boston march
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
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Thousands march through Boston for 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Freedom Rally
On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of ...
‘We’re up to the test’: Ahead of 1965 Freedom Rally anniversary, MLK III offers his own rallying cry
Martin Luther King III and Imari Paris Jeffries of Embrace Boston reflected on the rally's legacy in a fireside chat ...
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Trump's attack on diversity take center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
Rally held in Boston honoring 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally
Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin ...
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Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice
Rally-goers urge activism King's son, Martin Luther King III ... Imari Paris Jeffries, the president and CEO of Embrace Boston, which along with the city put on the rally, said the event was ...