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This testimony, which predates Judge Garrity’s decision in Morgan v. Hennigan, was given by Congressman Moakley at one of a series of hearings held by Harvard Law School professor Louis Jaffe on the topic of school desegregation in Boston. In his…

In this statement, Congressman Moakley testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that in Boston, “busing to achieve racial balance has had an opposite effect.” He provides enrollment and population statistics to support his argument that…

A telegram to Mayor Kevin White from the Student Government Board at the University of Pittsburgh, demanding that the city use whatever force necessary to peacefully implement Phase II of the desegregation plan.

This Western Union telegram uses very patriotic language to express his support of Garrity

A telegram from a resident of Cambridge, MA, to Mayor John F. Collins urging him to use full mayoral powers to end racial imbalance in Boston public schools.

Hand-written table accounting suspension statistics of nine school categories during the first month of Phase II implementation.

A photograph of students in a classroom in Boston, MA.

A photograph of students in a classroom in Boston, MA.

A photograph of students and teachers in a Boston public school classroom.

Students at the Oliver W. Holmes School in Dorchester, MA wrote essays on their experiences with Phase I of the court ordered desegregation of Boston public schools. The students' teacher sent the essays to Mayor Kevin White. Almost all of the essays…