Letter from Jean McGuire to Ms. Marion Fahey, Superintendent of the Boston School Committee
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
This letter is applauding Marion Fahey and the Boston School Committee for hiring Muriel K. Harris as the new community Superintendent of District 9. Harris, as noted by Jean McGuire, held a doctorate in administration from Harvard University and was not only more than capable of the job, but was also a capable black woman. The importance of this is that Jean McGuire hopes that the hiring of Muriel K. Harris would help to bridge the gap in black representation and employment in the upper echelons of school administration.
Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
September 19, 1975
Kristin Harris
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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 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 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.
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0405004.001.012
Boston (Mass.)
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson in a crowded room.
Batson, Ruth
Photograph of Ruth M. Batson sitting in a crowded room waiting for a Boston School Committee meeting.
Unidentified
Papers of Ruth M. Batson, 1919-2003 (inclusive) 1951-2003 (bulk)
Schlesinger Library
circa 1964
Kearney, Laurie L.
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MC590-PD.6-9
Boston (Mass.)