Melvin B. Miller: A profile in journalism
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 29, 2023
When the Bay State Banner’s first edition hit the streets in September 1965, the motto atop the front page reflected the values of the tight-knit Roxbury neighborhood where publisher Melvin B. Miller grew up.
The blocks around Munroe Park on Sugar Hill, a mix of spacious old Victorian homes, brick row-houses and classic Boston three-deckers, were filled with families ranging from Black Yankees with roots in the city stretching back centuries to recently arrived West Indians, Cape Verdeans and migrants from the South.
