A 1983 Chronicle profile of activist and Boston icon Mel King

Trailblazing Boston civil rights activist and politician Mel King died on March 28, at the age of 94.On the eve of the Boston mayoral election in 1983, Chronicle on WCVB profiled King, who was running to become the city's first Black mayor. Longtime Chronicle reporter/anchor Peter Mehegan had the story, from King's childhood in the city's South End — which was his lifelong home — to his activism, his political career, and his large and loving family.“It was very interesting because when I was in college, my folks sent me...