That’s Kevin White (1929-2012) rushing towards Faneuil Hall. He served four terms as the Mayor of Boston between 1968 and 1984. They were racially turbulent years in the city’s history, marked by the desegregation of schools via court-mandated busing of school children. Less controversially, White was credited with revitalisation h the waterfront area and transforming Quincy Market into a tourist destination. His manorial administration drew the attention of federal investigators, which led to 20 City Hall staff being convicted on corruption charges. White himself was never indicted, but his efforts to seek higher political office did not succeed.
His statue by sculptor Pablo Eduardo was unveiled in 2006.
Faneuil Hall is one of Boston’s landmark buildings, dating from 1742. Its site for several speeches by Samuel Adams and James Otis advocating independence from Great Britain led Faneuil Hall to be nicknamed ‘The Cradle of Liberty’ - although the building also had ties to slavery in its early days.
