Thousands march through Boston for 60th anniversary of MLK Jr.’s Freedom Rally

On a rainy day in late April 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of 20,000 people who had marched with him from Roxbury.

Sixty years later — on a similarly rainy day — thousands gathered at Trinity Church in the Back Bay and marched to Boston Common in commemoration of that monumental event.

Anniversaries are often a time for celebration, but Martin Luther King III told GBH News that Saturday’s remembrance of the Freedom March was more about re-engagement…

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