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In this letter to Congressman Moakley, a 73-year-old South Boston resident expresses anger over the forced busing of students into the "Crime Jungle" [writer's emphasis] of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood and asks "Joe," "Can't you do something...?"…

In this letter, a South Boston resident asks Congressman Moakley to "start an action" to have Judge Garrity removed from his judgeship. The resident complains that Garrity "has and will continue to abide by the request's [sic] black people," which…

Professional portrait of Congressman John Joseph Moakley

Congressman John Joseph Moakley hold a gavel while sitting at the House Rules Committee table

John Joseph Moakley poses with a sailfish and fishing pole in Miami, Florida. Moakley attended the University of Miami for one year.

John Joseph Moakley (right) with his brothers, Robert and Thomas

John Joseph Moakley and his wife, Evelyn, in hats and fake mustaches, holding a newspaper announcing his election to the Massachusetts State Senate

Congressman Moakley rides in a car at the 1997 Saint Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston

Congressman Moakley meets with Senator Edith Green (D-Oregon) to discuss anti-busing legislation

Congressman Moakley meets with Boston School Committee members Paul Ellison and John Tierney