Martin Luther King Jr. (BU years)
King earned his PhD in systematic theology at Boston University (1951–1955), shaped by Howard Thurman at Marsh Chapel; BU holds a major collection of his papers.
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1649: Boston's Second Church gathered in 1649 and counted Increase and Cotton Mather among its ministers; its final home stood here near Audubon Circle before the congregation merged into First Church in 1970.
Future2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.
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- Established
- 1951
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