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By profession, Ali-Salaam was a city planner, a three-decade fixture at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. But he was much more than that: A mentor and leader who was a generous advocate for communities of color.
For decades, if there was a problem that seemingly couldn’t be fixed, Mattapan’s Muhammad Ali-Salaam was the person that the city sent in to take a look, and solutions usually followed in short order. Mr. Ali-Salaam, who passed away on Jan. 4 at 78, moved to the city in the early 1970s with a young family and over time became a trusted employee at the Boston Redevelopment
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Mr. Coyle "had a passion for getting things done that other people thought weren’t possible," said Ron Homer, former chief executive of Boston Bank of Commerce.