[Letter to Judge Garrity from Minister in Canaan, NH]

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Title

[Letter to Judge Garrity from Minister in Canaan, NH]

Subject

Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999

Description

This letter was sent to Judge Garrity to express support for his decision to desegregate Boston's schools. The author acknowledges that many outside of Boston and the nation have been watching the case and its aftermath unfold. The author implies that if any city should be racially integrated, it should be Boston.

Creator

Name Redacted

Source

Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. : Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. Box 49, Folder 3.

Publisher

Courtesy of the University Archives & Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston

Date

Circa 1974

Contributor

Jacob Lusk

Rights

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Relation

Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. : Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. View the finding aid for related materials.

Format

JPEG (Image coding standard)

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

new hampshire.jpg

Coverage

Canaan (N.H.)

Files

new hampshire.jpg

Citation

Name Redacted, “[Letter to Judge Garrity from Minister in Canaan, NH],” Stark & Subtle Divisions: A Collaborative History of Segregation in Boston, accessed March 28, 2024, https://bosdesca.omeka.net/items/show/137.

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