Word: rainbows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proceeds from the celebration, entitled "Roots of the Rainbow," will help retire King's campaign debt from his 1986 bid to succeed Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill in Congress...
...strains of a folk singer, a gospel choir and a '50s rock n' roll band, community activists, local politicans and leaders of the Rainbow Coalition mingled, politicked and griped about the Presidential ticket...
Founder of the Rainbow Coalition and a close personal friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, King grew up in the South End, the only racially integrated neighborhood in Boston. His political career, fueled by childhood memories of racial harmony, included a 10-year spell as a state representative--as well as his run for Congress and two campaigns for mayor of Boston...
King, reflecting on the 1988 presidential race, said the necessity of defeating Vice President George Bush is the principal concern of the Rainbow Coalition...
Either the candidate turns people on or he doesn't," Boston School Committee member and First Chairperson of the Boston Rainbow Coalition Juanita B. Wade said...