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Ruth M. Batson with her grandsons.
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson with her grandsons.
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson, circa 1995
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson, circa 1995
Ruth M. Batson at age six.
Photograph of Ruth Marion Batson at age six.
Clipping of article, "Busing Foes March on Washington"
A newspaper clipping from an article about ROAR's "March on Washington" in 1975. The clipping, found in the Louise Day Hicks papers at Boston City Archives, states that ROAR marched to demand a constitutional amendment to block school busing.
"Save the Racial Imbalance Law."
This document outlines the Racial Imbalance Act that was passed in 1965 and some of the threats to it. The bill allowed the state Board of Education to take away funding from districts that had schools that were racially imbalanced, as defined by the…
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson in a crowded room.
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson sitting in a crowded room waiting for a Boston School Committee meeting.
Photograph of Ruth M Batson and Judge W. Arthur Garrity
Ruth M. Batson shaking hands with Judge W. Arthur Garrity.
Students and teachers in a Boston Public School classroom.
A photograph of students and teachers in a Boston public school classroom.
Photo of Ruth M. Batson and Endicott Peabody
Governor Endicott Peabody swearing in Ruth M. Batson, likely as the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Map of school districts in Boston
The outline of the city of Boston of the new districts as set fourth in the State Plan.