I first came to Boston in the summer of 1975, a time of firebombs and violence I returned to Detroit shocked and physically bruised, recalls Phillip Martin. But even more shocking to my friends and family was my decision to move to Boston, permanently. By Phillip MartinUpdated February 18, 2021, 11:27 a.m. Email to a Friend Phillip Martin.Meredith Nierman/GBH News In the spring of 1975, while sitting in a classroom at Wayne State University in Detroit, a fellow freshman handed me a flier imploring students to come to Boston that summer âto fight against racism.â The flier was distributed by a group called the Committee Against Racism, or CAR.