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A letter from a Reverend of the United Methodist Church of All Nations to Boston School Committee Chairman Paul Tierney protesting the Committee's approach to desegregation

An act passed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts redefining the meaning of "racial imbalance"

A press release from Mayor Kevin H. White criticizing the Racial Imbalance Law and proposing his own course of action to desegregate the Boston Public Schools

A a graph, a chart, and figures representing the percentage of non-white students within the Boston Public Schools during the 1970-1971 school year

A partial census of the number of white and non-white students within the Boston Public Schools in October 1973

Data from a census taken on October 1, 1972 of all the white and non-white students in the Boston Public Schools

A resident of the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA, writes to Mayor Kevin H. White asking for him to repeal the Racial Imbalance Law. The author cites the attitude of the city on a bumper sticker they saw which read, "The last one out of…

A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a member of the Boston Home and School Association inviting the mayor to a peaceful march on the State House. The Association urged the mayor to speak for the repeal of the Racial Imbalance Act.

A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a parent from the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, MA, in regards to a March 1, 1973 meeting at the Gardner Auditorium over the Racial Imbalance Law. The parent is against busing and expects the mayor to have…

A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from residents of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, MA, who believe the Racial Imbalance Law is unconstitutional and want it repealed.