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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…

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...?"…

This letter from Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is a response to a letter that Moakley sent (of which no copy is available), asking Mr. Pottinger for an update on the Department of…

This is a copy of a letter, possibly a draft, which Congressman Moakley sent to U.S. Attorney General Edward H. Levi, in which he briefly describes the negative effects that busing has had on the city of Boston. He goes on to request that the…

In this letter, State Senator Joseph B. Walsh urges Congressman Moakley “to resolve to correct the problems which have developed” as a result of forced busing, in accordance with a resolution recently passed by Louise Day Hicks and the Boston City…

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,…

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…

In this form letter sent to his constituents, Congressman Moakley reflects on Boston as a city of “neighborhoods” and describes the reasons why he opposes forced busing. He assures his constituents that he is “personally committed” to supporting the…

This memo, from one of Congressman Moakley’s staffers, Jimmy O’Leary, to another, Amy Levy, contains a draft of what is presumably a formal statement from Moakley in response to Judge Garrity’s receivership orders for South Boston High School.…

This memo is addressed to Congressman Moakley from staff member Jack Dooling. Its purpose is to summarize Moakley’s “record on bussing [sic] during the 93rd Congress.” It describes bills introduced, his actions related to a discharge petition, and…