Transcript of Oral History Interview of Maurice Gillen
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
In this interview, Maurice “Moe” Gillen, a lifelong resident of Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between Boston neighborhoods with the goal of creating racial balance in the public schools. He discusses his activism work with the Charlestown Committee on Education and the Citywide Coordinating Council; reactions to the Garrity decision in Charlestown and other Boston neighborhoods; media coverage of the aftermath of the decision; and his feelings about the decision and its impact on the Boston Public Schools.
John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.
Moakley Oral History Project
John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.
February 14, 2006
Kintz, Laura
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OH-057
Letter to Mr. Arthur Singer from the Council for Public School
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Boston (Mass.)--History
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Preliminary proposal to Carnegie Corp for funding METCO program
Leon Trilling, METCO and Graham T. Winslow, Council for Public Schools, INC
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
14 February 1966
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the<a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank"> Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists </a>at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Meeting Minutes-- 29 August 1966
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
The executive board committee of METCO met to discuss the upcoming school year and how the program would try to avoid publicity. METCO planned to give their own controlled press conference for invited media only. Committee members were asked to monitor their local newspapers as well for publicity and send articles regarding the program to one member for archiving.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeaster University Archive and Special Collections
29 August 1966
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists</a> at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Letter, METCO to State Board of Education
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
A letter from METCO to the State Board of Education requesting more funding for the METCO program. Highlights the success of the program over the last decade.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
24 March 1976
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists</a> at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Follow up report to the METCO Board of Directors Executive Committee
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
This report to the Board of Directors of METCO in 1974 discusses the idea of expanding METCO to vocational and technical high schools and the additional costs associated with the expansion.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
1975
Corinne Bermon
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Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists </a>at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101, Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Meeting Minutes, 15 April 1975
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
METCO Meeting minutes that document budgetary issues and the allowing of the treasurer to borrow money under METCO, INC to fund the program. Also of note, a delegation met in Washington, DC to discuss forced bussing and desegregation alongside ROAR activists.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
15 April 1975
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists </a>at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101, Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Board of Directors Report on Executive Meeting of 14 July 1966
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
The METCO office in Roxbury, MA officially opened and is actively assigning children to area public schools. The Board of Directors is pleased that the applicants are representative of the communities of South End-Roxbury/North Dorchester. It is also reported that the METCO fact sheet is available for distribution in Boston neighborhoods.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
14 July 1966
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists</a> at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Statement of Income and Expenses 1 June to 13 September 1966
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
This simple list of income and expenses for METCO shows where the funding for the METCO program came from in order to get the program functional in 1966. The list of expenses highlight how small the program was in the beginning years.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
1 June to 13 September 1966
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists</a> at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Executive Board Meeting 28 March 1968
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Board members passed budgets and funding before discussing evaluation and student data evaluation. Expansion into 5 new towns is considered and the money needed to support the students. Development of a course in African-American history for teachers is referenced.
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
28 March 1968
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists</a> at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
METCO Meeting of Officers 21 November 1968
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.). Public School
Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
This meeting of the officers of METCO discussed money for more staff, teacher training grants, tutors for students, new communities and student participants, Boston School Committee, future financial needs, state budget, transportation issues
METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
21 November 1968
Corinne Bermon
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. Rights status is not evaluated.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), Inc., 1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995), Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections. See also the <a href="http://library.northeastern.edu/archives-special-collections/find-collections/finding-aids" target="_blank">Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists </a>at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101 Box 5/144
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools