Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities (METCO) Plan of Action 1965
Boston (Mass.)--History
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Busing for school integration
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The foundational document of the newly formed METCO program following the Racial Imbalance Act of 1965
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Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC. Records, 1961-2005,
Northeastern University Archive and Special Collections
18 January 1965
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 Public Schools
Letter of Correspondence between the Lena Park Community Development Corporation and the Massachusetts Black Caucus
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Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century
African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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The Massachusetts Black Caucus and other Black Community Organizations are writing an open letter to the Governor, petitioning that he do his best to uphold the law and allow for a smoother transition during Boston's desegregation. It is signed by several (not all) leaders of the black community in Boston.
The Massachusetts Black Caucus
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
September 30, 1974
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 2
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Letter to Mr. Arthur Singer from the Council for Public School
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African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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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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Letter, METCO to State Board of Education
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Boston (Mass.). Public School
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African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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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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Follow up report to the METCO Board of Directors Executive Committee
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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
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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Copy of a Letter from Phillip Snowden of Freedom House to Thomas Atkins, NAACP President-Boston Branch
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This is a copy of a letter that was sent by Phillip Snowden of Freedom House INC. to Thomas Atkins, President of the Boston Branch of the NAACP. It is clear from this, as well as various other copies of letters in the METCO correspondence files that METCO was closely monitoring all communications relating to Boston desegregation in 1974. This letter is notifying Thomas Atkins of the violence faced by black students who were being bused, and implores him to take the concerns raised by the Black Community Caucus at the Assembly for Justice before Judge Garrity, so that law and order will be upheld.
Phillip Snowden-- Freedom House INC.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
September 30, 1974
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 2
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Boston Public Schools
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Copy of a Letter sent to Boston PD Commissioner Robert DiGrazia
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African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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This is a copy of a letter sent from Roger Tyler of the Columbia Point Concerned Citizens to the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department, Robert DiGrazia. The letter lists the grievances of Columbia Point residents about unequal enforcement of the law. It outlines some of the violence faced by students from the area that are being bused as a part of the desegregation process in Boston Public Schools, and asks that the police follow the specific set of demands for safety presented by the concerned citizens of Columbia Point. It also states that the parents of these children are worried about strain that will lead to an overreaction by police.
Roger Tyler--Columbia Point Concerned Citizens
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
September 30, 1974
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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Boston Police Department
Letter from Freedom House to all Contributors
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African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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This is a letter sent by Hebert E. Tucker Jr. asking for the continued financial support for Freedom House from all of their contributors. The letter also outlines their continued efforts foster community betterment and thanks contributors for their support in helping Freedom House thrive.
Herbert E. Tucker--Freedom House INC.
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
November, 1973
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 2
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Meeting Memorandum for Freedom House Meeting
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Busing for school integration
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Memorandum sent out to Coordinated Social Service Council Members, alerting them to a Freedom House meeting on May 15, 1975 to talk about reactions to Judge W. Arthur Garrity's decision on Phase II of the plan for Boston desegregation issued on May 10, 1975.
Freedom House
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
May 12, 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 2
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Boston Public Schools
Letter to METCO directors from Otto and Muriel Snowden
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African Americans--Segregation
Busing for school integration
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In a letter sent to METCO directors from Otto and Muriel Snowden, the Snowdens thank METCO for their support. It seems that the Snowdens were going through a difficult time at the height of Boston desegregation, and we can assume from this letter that is addressed to "ALL of our wonderful friends and relatives," that they included METCO directors among their most trusted confidantes.
Otto and Muriel Snowden--Freedom House
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
May 3, 1974
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 2
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Boston Public Schools