Coverage dated April 25, 2025

Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice

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BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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  1. WTOP Washington DC

    Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. GBH News

    Thousands march through Boston for 60th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s Freedom Rally (opens GBH News)

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    The rally included Martin Luther King III as well as other local and state leaders across a variety of sectors.

  3. MyNorthwest

    Trump's attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK (opens MyNorthwest)

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    BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining some 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak

  4. The Boston Globe

    Bostonians march, remember, and reflect on MLK’s 1965 Freedom Rally on the Common (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    On Saturday, despite cloudy skies and drizzling rain, over a hundred people gathered at Copley Square for the reimagining of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s 1965 Freedom Rally.

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