Michael E. Haynes

Michael E. Haynes (May 9, 1927 – September 12, 2019) was an American minister and politician in the state of Massachusetts. He was educated at Shelton State Community College and earned his bachelor's degree from New England School of Theology in 1949.[1][2] He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965 to 1968, representing Roxbury, Massachusetts.[3] He was also a member of the Boston Mayor's Committee on Violence and the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Drug Addiction. He was pastor at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury from 1964 to 2004.[4][5]

Michael E. Haynes
Haynes circa 1969
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 7th Suffolk district
In office
1965–1969
Personal details
Born(1927-05-09)May 9, 1927
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedSeptember 12, 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 92)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationMinister

During the 1960s and 1970s Haynes played an active role in the civil rights movement. In 1965, he helped plan Martin Luther King Jr.'s entrance into Boston when he came to speak on Boston Common that spring. The major focus of King's speech on April 23 was school desegregation in Boston.[6]

The Haynes Early Education school located in Roxbury was named in his honor.[7]

On November 9, 2006, Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun met with members of the Black Ministerial Alliance of Massachusetts at the People's Baptist Church (830 Tremont Street, Boston) to discuss possible collaborations between Northeastern and Lower Roxbury clergy. During the meeting, Reverend Michael E. Haynes suggested the University create a history of the African American community in Lower Roxbury. As a result, President Aoun appointed Joseph D. Warren, at that time Special Assistant to the Director of Government Relations and Community Affairs, to oversee the Lower Roxbury Black History Project. Warren appointed an advisory board consisting of Rev. Michael E. Haynes, formerly of Roxbury's Twelfth Baptist Church, Massachusetts State Representative Byron Rushing, Northeastern University Archivist Joan D. Krizack, and Northeastern University history professors.[8]

His older brother is the jazz drummer Roy Haynes. Michael Haynes died on September 12, 2019.[9]

See also

References
  2. "B.U. Bridge: Boston University community's weekly newspaper". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  3. "B.U. Bridge: Boston University community's weekly newspaper". www.bu.edu.
  4. "Web Page Under Construction" (PDF). www.afroammuseum.org.
  5. "Boston clergyman recalls affiliation with King - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
  6. "The day Dr. King visited Boston Common in 1965". Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  7. "School Listings / Haynes Early Education Center". www.bostonpublicschools.org. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  8. "Finding aid for the Lower Roxbury Black History Project Records". www.library.neu.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  9. Levinson, Michael (September 13, 2019). "The Rev. Michael Haynes, who made an impact across the state, dies at 92". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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