Letter from Fourth Grade Students to Mayor Kevin White
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Fourth grade students from St Augustine School (Lawrence, MA) send their prayers for Mayor Kevin White and the students of Boston.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Sympathetic Letters, 1974, Box 2, Folder 40
Boston City Archives
1974-09-13
Beaubrun, Krystle
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0245-001-B47-F40
Boston, MA
Letter from Jean McGuire to Dr. Robert Spencer, Superintendent of Brookline Schools
Boston (Mass.)--History
Boston (Mass.)--Public Schools
Boston (Mass.)--Race Relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Jean McGuire wrote this letter to Dr. Robert Spencer, the Superintendent of Brookline Schools, in response to a letter he wrote to a Dr. Glenn (unknown). In it, she describes inaccuracies in his statements about METCO and its budget and distribution, and also restates the purpose of the program. McGuire also points out that in his statement at a recent meeting, Dr. Spencer did not address the issue of a racially imbalanced employment in the school system.
Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
December 11, 1975
Kristin Harris
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 Boston Social Justice Organizations and Activists at Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
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M101, Box 12, Folder 22
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Letter from Student
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Students from advanced fourth and fifth grade classes at the M.J. Tobin School in Roxbury shared their concerns about busing. They were afraid that Phase II of forced busing would end advanced classes and this would academically hold back from reaching their potential.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Busing: Assorted Material, Box 20, Folder 72
Boston City Archives
1975-04-09
Beaubrun, Krystle
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
<div><span>Part of the Mayor Kevin H. White records.</span><span> <span>View the </span><a title="Mayor Kevin H White records" href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Guide%20to%20the%20Mayor%20Kevin%20H.%20White%20records_tcm3-50275.pdf" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information. For other related materials, see the </span></span><span>Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. Archives and Special Collections, </span><span>University of Massachusetts Boston</span><span>. View the </span><a title="Garrity papers" href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15774coll8/id/213/rec/6" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> for more information about the collection.</span></div>
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0245-001-B20-F72
Boston (Mass.)
Letter from Student to Judge W. Arthur Garrity (2)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
Students from advanced fourth and fifth grade classes at the M.J. Tobin School in Roxbury shared their concerns about busing. They were afraid that Phase II of forced busing would end advanced classes and this would academically hold back from reaching their potential. This image is from the cover the fourth grade class's book of letters.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Busing: Assorted Material, Box 20, Folder 72
Boston City Archives
1975-04
Beaubrun, Krystle
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
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0245-001-B20-F72
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
Letter from Student to Judge W. Arthur Garrity (3)
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Boston Public Schools
Boston (Mass.)
Students from advanced fourth and fifth grade classes at the M.J. Tobin School in Roxbury shared their concerns about busing. They were afraid that Phase II of forced busing would end advanced classes and this would academically hold back from reaching their potential.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Busing: Assorted Material, Box 20, Folder 72
Boston City Archives
April 8, 1975
Beaubrun, Krystle
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
<div><span>Part of the Mayor Kevin H. White records.</span><span> <span>View the </span><a title="Mayor Kevin H White records" href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Guide%20to%20the%20Mayor%20Kevin%20H.%20White%20records_tcm3-50275.pdf" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information. For other related materials, see the </span></span><span>Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. Archives and Special Collections, </span><span>University of Massachusetts Boston</span><span>. View the </span><a title="Garrity papers" href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15774coll8/id/213/rec/6" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> for more information about the collection.</span></div>
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0245-001-B20-F72
Boston, MA
Letter from Student to Judge W. Arthur Garrity (4)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
Students from advanced fourth and fifth grade classes at the M.J. Tobin School in Roxbury shared their concerns about busing. They were afraid that Phase II of forced busing would end advanced classes and this would academically hold back from reaching their potential.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Busing: Assorted Material, Box 20, Folder 72
Boston City Archives
1975-04-08
Beaubrun, Krystle
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
<div><span>Part of the Mayor Kevin H. White records.</span><span> <span>View the </span><a title="Mayor Kevin H White records" href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Guide%20to%20the%20Mayor%20Kevin%20H.%20White%20records_tcm3-50275.pdf" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information. For other related materials, see the </span></span><span>Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. Archives and Special Collections, </span><span>University of Massachusetts Boston</span><span>. View the </span><a title="Garrity papers" href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15774coll8/id/213/rec/6" target="_blank">finding aid</a><span> for more information about the collection.</span></div>
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0245-001-B20-F72
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)
Letter from Third Grade Student to Mayor Kevin White
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
A third grader wrote to Mayor White to tell him he wants the violence to stop.
Name Redacted
Mayor Kevin White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) Sympathetic letters, 1974, Box 47, Folder 19
Boston City Archives
1974-10-10
Beaubrun, Krystle
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
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0245-001-B47-F19
Boston (Mass.)
Letter to Judge Garrity from Dorchester Resident
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Letter to Judge Garrity from concerned Dorchester resident, who wrote that the School Committee was "not supplying buses for the children" in her area. She asked him if her community could "either have the buses for transfers back to the [redacted] school for our children."
Name Redacted
Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997.
University Archives and Special Collections of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
September 5, 1974
Maranan, Vini
<span>This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rights status is not evaluated. </span><a href="http://blogs.umb.edu/archives/about/rights-and-reproductions/" target="_blank">Copyright information</a><span> can be found online at the University of Massachusetts Boston.</span>
<span>Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. View the</span><a href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15774coll8/id/213/rec/67" target="_blank"> finding aid</a><span> for more related materials.</span>
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Garrity 01_Redacted.pdf
Letter to Judge Garrity from Mattapan resident
African Americans--Segregation
Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States--History
Letter from Mattapan resident who congratulated Judge Garrity for his court decision.
Name Redacted
Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. papers on the Boston Schools, Desegregation Case, 1972-1997.
University Archives and Special Collections of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
October 8, 1974
Maranan, Vini
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<span>Wendell Arthur Garrity papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. View the</span><a href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15774coll8/id/213/rec/67" target="_blank"> finding aid</a><span> for more related materials.</span>
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Garrity 03_Redacted.pdf
Letter to Louise Day Hicks from Ruth M. Batson
Batson, Ruth
Hicks, Louise Day, 1916-2003
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Boston Branch
A letter from Ruth Batson, chairman of the Public Education Committee of the NAACP Boston Branch, to Louise Day Hicks, chairman of the Boston School Committee, outlining the discussion points the NAACP would like to make at the August 15th, 1963 school committee meeting.
Ruth M. Batson
School Committee Secretary. Desegregation Files 1963-1984 (bulk 1974-1976)
Boston City Archives
1963-08-08
Kearney, Laurie L.
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
View the <a href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/Guide%20to%20the%20School%20Committee%20Secretary%20Desegregation%20files_tcm3-23346.pdf">finding aid</a> to School Committee Secretary. Desegregation Files 1963-1984 (bulk 1974-1976), for related information
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0405004.001.012
Boston (Mass.)