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I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of ...
Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
Sixty years later, several hundred people returned to where 20,000 people heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. encourage leaders to do better.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., protected by an umbrella from the rain, addresses civil rights marchers on historic Boston Common ...
Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin ...
The rally included Martin Luther King III as well as other local and state leaders across a variety of sectors.
A group of people gathered at the "Embrace" statue in Boston Common on Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the ...
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
Doreen Wade from Cambridge raises her fist in the air at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on Saturday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston Common which ...