Transcript of Oral History Interview of William M. Bulger

Transcript of Oral History Interview of William M. Bulger

Boston (Mass.)
Bulger, William M.
Busing for school integration
Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958
Massachusetts--Politics and government
Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)

In this interview, William M. Bulger, former Massachusetts State Senate President, discusses the career of Congressman John Joseph Moakley. Among other topics, he reflects on Moakley's reaction, and his own, to Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between Boston neighborhoods with the goal of creating racial balance in the public schools and had a significant impact on Moakley and Bulger's own neighborhood of South Boston. He also discusses Moakley's political campaigns; the ways in which politics have changed over the years; and Moakley's legacy as a public servant.

John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.

Moakley Oral History Project

John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.

August 20, 2003

Kintz, Laura

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Moakley Oral History Project: http://moakleyarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/1

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Oral history interview transcript

OH-014

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Note: Original video recording is available for viewing at the John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.

1:22:29

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Allison, Robert J.
McEttrick, Joseph

Bulger, William

University of Massachusetts President’s Office, Boston, Mass.

Part 1
Memories of Congressman Moakley p. 3 (00:20)
Early campaigns p. 6 (07:48)
Constituent service p. 8 (13:27)
Later campaigns p. 14 (26:11)
Part 2
Massachusetts politics p. 17 (02:43)
Busing in Boston p. 22 (15:25)
Reflections on South Boston p. 24 (20:09)
Part 3
Moakley as a model public servant p. 32 (08:44)