Law Department records. Morgan et al. v. Hennigan et al. and related cases files, 1967-1979.

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Title

Law Department records. Morgan et al. v. Hennigan et al. and related cases files, 1967-1979.

Subject

Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.)--Race Relations--History--20th Century
African American Youth--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Race awareness--Boston
Segregation in education--United States

Description

This collection consists of records of the City's Law Department concerning the "School Cases" relating to
desegregation in the late 1960s-1970s. The major case represented in this collection is Tallulah Morgan et al. v.
James Hennigan et al. (later known as Morgan v. Kerrigan, Morgan v. McDonough, Morgan v. Sullivan, etc. due
to the changes in the School Committee presidency). Also included in this collection are files of the following
two cases: Boston School Committee v. Board of Education and Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination v. Boston School Committee. Attorneys who worked on the cases included outside counsel,
members of the School Department's Office of General Counsel and attorneys in the City's Law Department.
Attorneys in the Law Department who worked on the various cases include Corporation Counsel Herbert
Gleason, Assistant Corporation Counsel (ACC) Edith Fine, ACC Marilyn Sticklor, ACC Michael Betcher, ACC
Kevin Moloney and several others.

Creator

City of Boston, Law Department

Source

Morgan et al. v. Hennigan et al. and related cases files, 1967-1979. Box 2, folder 5: racial imbalance, plans and developments, 1967-1973.

Publisher

Boston City Archives

Date

1967-1979

Contributor

Boston City Archives.

Rights

Relation

Related materials can be found in the Boston School Committee records and the School Department
Desegregation-Era Collection including Office of General Counsel records, Department of Implementation
records, and Citywide Parents Council records. The School Department Office of General Counsel records
include more of the court hearing transcripts for the Morgan case.

Format

Paper

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

0700.028

Coverage

Boston, MA

Collection Items

Amendment of fourth stage plan
The Boston School Committee's revised plan for the fourth stage of the desegregation of Boston Public Schools

Statement of Mayor Kevin H. White
A statement by Mayor Kevin H. White addressing his satisfaction with a ruling releasing close to $52 million of funding for the Boston Public Schools. The funds were previously withheld from the Massachusetts Board of Education due to the Boston…

Achieving equal education in Boston
A paper written by Mayor Kevin H. White outlining his positions on racial imbalance within the Boston Public Schools

An act defining racial imbalance
An act passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts defining racial imbalance, providing for judicial enforcement of recommendations of the board of education and eliminating authority to impose fiscal…
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