Letter from Jean McGuire to Dr. Gregory Ansig, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education
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Busing for school integration
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Jean McGuire wrote to Dr. Ansig stating that METCO information on budgeting and strategy will be made available to the Board of Education. She stresses that in order to maintain a working relationship for the betterment of education, as well as maintaining a successfully integrated school system, it would benefit both parties to know how the other is implementing this system.
Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
August 22, 1975
Kristin Harris
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M101, Box 12, Folder 22
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Letter from Jean McGuire to Ms. Marion Fahey, Superintendent of the Boston School Committee
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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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M101, Box 12, Folder 22
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Letter from Jean McGuire to Humberto Cardinal Medieros
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This letter from Jean McGuire to Cardinal Medieros is thanking him for the Archdiocese of Boston's support of the Racial Imbalance Law over the year, and expresses hope that the support will be continued.
Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
May 14, 1974
Kristin Harris
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M101, Box 12, Folder 22
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Archdiocese of Boston
Letter from Jean McGuire to Senator William Owens
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Busing for school integration
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In this letter to the Mass. State Senator William Owens, Jean McGuire expresses her concern about the pivotal role of METCO in Boston desegregation, and how it may affect the future of the program. She insists that METCO should stay on its current path for the sake of the students involved in the program, and outlines their current financial situation, along with hope that Senator Owens will contact them with any concerns.
Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO
Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, INC
Records, 1961-2005
Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
July 10, 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 METCO directors from Otto and Muriel Snowden
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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
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M101, Box 2
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
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
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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 2
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Boston, MA--NAACP
Copy of a Letter sent to Boston PD Commissioner Robert DiGrazia
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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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M101, Box 2
Boston, MA
Boston Public Schools
Boston Police Department