A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87
A groundbreaking Black woman in state and city government, Doris Bunte dies at 87 By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated February 15, 2021, 7:56 p.m. Email to a Friend Mrs. Bunte (left, with longtime friend Deborah McBraver) was honored by the Boston Housing Authority in 2018, with the Walnut Park Apartments renamed the Doris Bunte Apartments.Jonathan Wiggs Doris Bunte arrived in Boston in 1953 with 98 cents to her name â and then a dime less after she bought a candy bar â before rising to become, for a time, arguably the most powerful woman in Boston politics. âI think I was bo...