Fran Johnnene collection
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Title
Fran Johnnene collection
Subject
Busing for school integration
Johnnene, Francesca A.
Hicks, Louise Day, 1916-2003
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Race awareness--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
Johnnene, Francesca A.
Hicks, Louise Day, 1916-2003
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Race awareness--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
Description
This collection documents Francesca A. Johnnene's involvement with Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR), a national organization against the racial desegration of public schools. It contains the correspondence of ROAR National Director, Louise Day Hicks in addition to anti-desegration publications like the organzation's newspaper, The Boston News Digest, and the pamphlet for its first national conference in 1975. Johnnene's materials include her position statement against desegration in Boston and a letter from a Symposium on Alternatives to Forced Busing. The collection also contains newspaper articles that pertain to the use of busing to integrate Boston's public schools.
Creator
Francesca A. Johnnene
Source
Fran Johnnene collection, 9800.012, Boston City Archives.
Publisher
Boston City Archives.
Date
1974-1979
Contributor
Boston City Archives.
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
The Mayor John F. Collins records are related to the Louise Day Hicks records and the School Committee Secretary Desegregation files at Boston City Archives.
Format
.5 Cubic feet
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
9800.012
Coverage
Boston (Mass.)
Collection Items
Letter from Harrison, ME to Louise Day Hicks
Letter from a resident from Harrison, Maine, telling Louise Day Hicks to expect justice from the media, such as the Boston Globe, because they serve the left political views. The resident continues by saying that the knowledge of sympathetic and…
Selections from The Boston News Digest, May 1976
May 1976 edition of the Boston News Digest. ROAR, Restore Our Alienated Rights, wrote and published the newspaper with stories supporting their political and social views.
Selections from The Boston News Digest: February 1976
February 1976 edition of the Boston News Digest. ROAR, Restore Our Alienated Rights, wrote and published the newspaper with stories supporting their political and social views.
Selections from the pamphlet from the First National R.O.A.R. Convention
Selections from the informational pamphlet from the First National R.O.A.R Convention, held in Boston. The pamphlet consists of the numerous supporters and donors of R.O.A.R. The pamphlet also includes an introductory welcome from Louise Day Hicks.