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Kingās decades-long career included directing the New Urban League of Greater Boston, serving as a state representative beginning in the 1970ās, and teaching at MITās Department of Urban Studies.
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Boston activist, political icon Mel King dies at age 94
He was the first Black person to run for Mayor of Boston.
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