The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Melvin King

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Melvin King

12/8/2005; 2/6/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.257

Community activist and state representative The Honorable Melvin King (1928 - ) has been active in the Boston community for over fifty years. He has served as a Massachusetts state representative, conducted a historic run for mayor of Boston, created the Community Fellows Program (CFP) in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, and founded several community organizations in Boston, including the South End Technology Center and The New Majority. King was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 12/8/2005 and 2/6/2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 2; Total Tapes: 10; Total Run Time: 04h 42m 27s

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King, Mel

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Across the landscape of neighborhoods and politics of Boston, Massachusetts, Melvin H. King is a household name. Simultaneously, for over fifty-five years, he has been an educator, youth worker, social activist, community organizer and developer, elected politician, author, and an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is responsible for creating community programs and institutions that have positively changed the lives of low-income, grassroots people across th...