Word: mel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field, Melvin King got just 98 more votes (out of a record 165,688 cast) than City Councilman Raymond Flynn. So will the general election, four weeks from now, be a blah choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee? Only if one overlooks the fact that Ray Flynn is white and Mel King is black...
...admired Cuba's Fidel Castro more than he did Ronald Reagan. But in general, King conveyed a sense of thoughtfulness. He talked relentlessly about the multiracial "rainbow coalition" that supported his candidacy. Says John Marttila, a Boston political analyst: "The most important element was the tone of Mel's campaign. It is a far more unifying tone than when he ran in 1979." In the end, King won the votes of 95% of blacks and 15% of whites, and carried half of the city's wards, including mostly white Allston and upscale Back Bay and Beacon Hill...
Boston mayoral candidate Mel King made a surprise visit to the dedication ceremonies and received a standing ovation. King joined school children and the assembly in singing such songs as "We Shall Overcome" and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing...
...Mel King should be Boston's next mayor, not because he is Black, but because in a surprisingly strong field of mayoral hopeful, king has shown himself to be the best man to bring a divided city together. And Boston sorely needs a leader who will balance downtown development with neighborhood redevelopment, who will end corruption and patronage in City Hall, who will convince whites and Blacks that the city is big enough for both of them. Neither of the other two front-running candidates has convincingly shown that they have the integrity to salvage a city that has grown...
...what Mel King lacks in experience he makes up for in vision. Call him too optimistic or call him too idealistic, but if there is one place that needs such a man, it is City Hall...