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- Collection: Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001
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Correspondence and memoranda regarding the FBI examination of attacks on Andre Yvon Jean Louis in October 1974 and Theodore Landsmark in April 1976
This twelve-page document includes FBI memoranda related to Congressman Moakley’s inquisitions into FBI investigations of two racially-motivated attacks on black men. The first two pages, dated October 9, 1974, refer to the beating of Andre Yvon…
Correspondence between a Boston resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a note sent to Congressman Moakley from a resident of an unspecified part of Boston, as well as Moakley’s response. The resident explains why she is opposed to busing and asks Moakley to find an alternate solution. In his…
Correspondence between a Braintree resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a note sent to Congressman Moakley from a resident of the Boston suburb of Braintree, as well as Moakley’s response. The resident calls for Moakley to “censure Judge Garrity immediately,” calling him “sick with power.” In…
Correspondence between a married Jamaica Plain couple and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a letter sent to Congressman Moakley from a married couple in Jamaica Plain, as well as Moakley’s response. The couple express their dismay that a congressional bill intended to end forced busing is “tied up in committee”…
Correspondence between a Norwood resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a telegram sent to Congressman Moakley from a resident of the Boston suburb of Norwood, as well as Moakley’s response. The resident sent the telegram to Moakley in Washington, D.C., to express frustration over the…
Correspondence between a Roslindale resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a letter sent to Congressman Moakley from a resident of Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood, as well as Moakley’s response. Accompanying the letter is a copy of an informational mailing that Moakley sent out to his…
Correspondence between a South Boston resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a letter written by a resident of South Boston to Congressman Moakley, as well as Congressman Moakley's reply. The resident, who addresses Congressman Moakley as "Joe," thanks Moakley for his "great fight" against busing,…
Correspondence between a South Boston resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a telegram sent to Congressman Moakley from a South Boston resident, as well as Moakley’s response. The resident sent the telegram to Moakley in Washington, D.C., at the beginning of the school year in 1974, imploring…
Correspondence between a West Roxbury resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a letter written by a white female resident of the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston to Congressman Moakley, as well as Congressman Moakley's reply. The resident describes the "idioacy" of busing and asks Moakley to…
Correspondence between a Westwood resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley
This correspondence includes a letter sent to Congressman Moakley from a resident of the Boston suburb of Westwood, as well as Moakley’s response. The constituent outlines seven “reasons why I am opposed” to forced busing and asserts the hope that…