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A teacher read aloud to a group of students while the follow along. This picture was taken during Mayor Kevin H. White's visit to Boston Public Schools.

Photo of Kathleen Sullivan Alioto with husband Joseph Alioto during the State of City Address.

Photo of Kathleen Sullivan Alioto with Mayor Kevin White during the State of City Address.

Many of these students worried about attending integrated schools. By the end of the year most of them admitted to enjoying the year and making new friends.

Notes from Mayor White's office which note a constituent's concern that the city might change when only 30% of the school population is white.

These notes pertain to a Dorchester resident who asked why the taxpayers had to pay for busing. Mayor White clarified that state representatives vetoed a proposal for state funding of busing.

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

This is an excerpt from a book compiled of essays written by sixth grade students of the Oliver W. Holmes Middle School in the Dorchester section of Boston. The essays document the experiences of an integrated class during Phase I of desegregation…

This is an excerpt from a book compiled of essays written by sixth grade students of the Oliver W. Holmes Middle School in the Dorchester section of Boston. The essays document the experiences of an integrated class during Phase I of desegregation…

This is an excerpt from a book compiled of essays written by sixth grade students of the Oliver W. Holmes Middle School in the Dorchester section of Boston. The essays document the experiences of an integrated class during Phase I of desegregation…