Nicknamed the 'First Lady of Roxbury,' Melnea Cass is remembered as an activist who triumphed in her mission to fix her own community. She died in 1978 at age 82.
For many Bostonians today, the name “Melnea Cass” is perhaps most often referenced as the street that cuts across lower Roxbury. Its intersection with Massachusetts Avenue is widely viewed as the epicenter of the state's opioid addiction, mental health and homelessness crises.
"You never give up hope, never, because just when you think you’re gonna give up, that’s when you could really gain the victory — if you just kept on going, just a little bit more." "We were the only African-American girls in the parade," she said,"and someone called us the N-word, and we were like, 'Huh? What?' and Mrs. Cass said, 'Don’t pay attention to that. That’s not who you are.'”
Melnea Cass, front far left, next to Bob Coard and with Francis Sargent, front far right, at a bill-signing in South Boston.
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