Bruce Bolling

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Bruce C. Bolling (April 29, 1945 – September 11, 2012) was a politician and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the first black president of the Boston City Council in the mid-1980s.

Biography

Bolling was educated at Boston English High School; Northeastern University; and Cambridge College. He is from "the city's most politically successful black family. His father, Royal Bolling Sr., was a state senator and his brother, Royal Jr., served as state representative."[1]

Around 1980 he worked "in the administration of Mayor Kevin White in a variety of capacities, including positions in the Office of Public Safety and as a manager of a Little City Hall."[2] Beginning in 1981 he served on the Boston City Council, acting as its president 1986-1987 -- "the first Black elected president of the Boston City Council."[3] He ran for mayor in 1993.[4]

From 2000 until his death he was director of MassAlliance, a firm specializing in small business development.[5][6]

Bolling died of cancer on September 11, 2012.[7] He was 67.

References

  1. ↑ Bruce C. Bolling. Boston Globe, Aug 5, 1993. pg. 32.
  2. ↑ Boston Globe, Aug 5, 1993. pg. 32.
  3. ↑ Jet 84, no.12 (July 19, 1993): p.29.
  4. ↑ Bruce Bolling. Boston Globe, Sep 19, 1993. pg. 7
  5. ↑ Boston Globe, May 27, 2000. pg. A.15
  6. ↑ http://www.massalliance.com/about.htm Retrieved 2010-03-31
  7. ↑ Bruce Bolling, first black president of Boston City Council, dies at 67. Boston Globe Online,

Further reading

Publications by Bolling

  • Plan to benefit South Boston betrays the idea of linkage. Boston Globe, May 27, 2000. p. A.15.
  • Fear, disrespect go together; Let's diminish both. Boston Globe, Jan 2, 1993. p. 11.
  • Op Ed: What I've learned from my experience. Boston Herald, Dec 30, 1992. p. 021.

Publications about Bolling

  • Margot Hornblower. "Boston's new Council president reflects shift in race relations; Bruce Bolling and family making mark on politics." Washington Post, 16 January 1986: A3.
  • Christopher J. Daly. "With the slamming of a taxi door, race issue reverberates in Boston." Washington Post, 25 December 1992. (Controversy over taxi driver refusing to drive black City Councilman Bruce Bolling home to Roxbury neighborhood).
Preceded by
Joseph M. Tierney		 President of the Boston City Council
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Christopher A. Iannella
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