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- Collection: Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001
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Letter from Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR) chairperson Rita Graul to Congressman John Joseph Moakley
In this letter, Rita Graul, chairperson of the anti-busing organization Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR),expresses her group's support for a constitutional amendment to ban forced busing and asks Congressman Moakley to support such an amendment,…
Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR) statement of demands
This list of ten "demands" was created by anti-busing organization Restore Our Alienated Rights, or ROAR. Among other demands, they insist that Boston's representatives in the U.S. Congress address numerous perceived injustices at South Boston High…
Letter from a group of South Boston residents to Congressman John Joseph Moakley
In this letter, a group of South Boston residents expresses its frustration with Congressman Moakley for his, and other politicians', perceived inaction in stopping forced busing. The residents compare the busing orders to a dictatorship and assert…
Letter from a South Boston resident to Congressman John Joseph Moakley
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…
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,…
Letter from a South Boston resident to Congressman John Joseph Moakley
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...?"…
Letter to Congressman John Joseph Moakley from the residents of the Columbia Point Housing Project
Two representatives of the Columbia Point Health Association at the Columbia Point Housing Project in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood originally sent this letter to Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent, with a telegram copy (shown here) sent to…
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 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 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…