South Boston High School
High school buildings
Boston Public Schools
Black and white photograph of South Boston High School.
Unknown
Photographs of School Buildings,
Boston City Archives
Circa 1920-1960
Paul Fuller
Provided by Boston City Archives, Creative Commons Licence 2.0.
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Photographs of School Buildings 0403.002, box 2, folder 65. Digital version of the image available on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives/5610141919/in/album-72157623554245996/">Boston City Archives Flickr</a>.
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
Letter to the Editor of the <em>Boston Globe</em>
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
This letter to the Editor of the<em> Boston Globe</em> explains the author's belief that the people of South Boston are behaving in a racist manner. The author explains their position of being for children's choice in any school. The author believes, however, that South Boston's residents are fighting to keep black children out of their neighborhood, which is a stance that they cannot support.
Name redacted
Mayor Kevin H. White records,1929-1999
Boston City Archives
October 7, 1974
Paul Fuller
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Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 3, Folder 7
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
Letter to Representatives from South Boston Lawyer
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
This letter is addressed to President Ford, Senators Kennedy and Brooke, Governor Dukakis, Representative Moakley, and Mayor White, all elected representatives of this lawyer from South Boston. The writer expressed a concern for their hometown of South Boston. The letter details their understanding of the political philosophy behind the United States, and how neighborhood pride entered into that equation. For this author, busing students out of their neighborhoods goes against the ideals on which the country was founded.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
January 16, 1975
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 3, Folder 2
South Boston
Letter to Mayor White from South Boston Mother of Nine
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
This letter to Mayor Kevin White from a South Boston mother of nine children explains the author's anger and disappointment at the prospect of busing children out of their neighborhoods. She had five children graduate from South Boston High School and she had hoped that the other four would do so as well. The letter discusses community pride through the sports at South Boston High School. The author claims that Roxbury will never be a part of her community even if her children are forced to go to school there.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
August 9, 1974
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 3, Folder 15
South Boston
Letter to Mayor White from Roxbury Resident
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
Letter to Mayor Kevin White from a Roxbury resident who is upset at South Boston residents. The writer believes that Boston's black community has responded admirably to busing, while the "non-lace curtain Irish" of South Boston have shamed themselves. The writer strongly believes that busing will benefit all races within Boston and wants the mayor to take a more active leadership role in regards to South Boston's residents.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
September 24, 1974
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 2, Folder 25
South Boston
Letter to Mayor White from a South Boston Mother
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
This letter to Mayor White describes why the author, a South Boston mother, does not want her children to be bused to the McCormack Middle School on Columbia Point. The mother implores the mayor to read the police blotter from Columbia Point so as to understand why she believes she cannot send her children to school there. Though she has lived in South Boston for twenty years, she is becoming afraid for her neighborhood.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
September 15, 1974
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 3, Folder 15
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
Letter to Mayor White from a Mother
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
This letter to Mayor White explains the mother's position against busing for her daughter. The father of the child is black and the mother is white. The mother is afraid that if her daughter is bused to South Boston she will be in danger because of her father's race, and if she is bused to Roxbury she will be in danger because of her mother's race. The letter also explains the mother's ideas for alleviating the issues within Boston.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
September 7, 1975
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 3, Folder 10
South Boston, Roxbury
Letter to Mayor White from "Concerned Parents of Three Children"
African Americans—Segregation—Massachusetts—Boston
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
White, Kevin H.
Handwritten letter from "concerned parents of three children" to Mayor Kevin White. These parents had lived in South Boston for their entire lives and their parents had even attended school in South Boston. They urged the mayor to support the Home Rule Ordinance and end busing.
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Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999
Boston City Archives
1973
Paul Fuller
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Letter
English
Text
Mayor White Correspondence 0245.001, Box 2, Folder 21
South Boston
"We've Made the List!"
African Americans--Segregation--Massachusetts--Boston <br />Boston Public Schools <br />Busing for school integration <br />School integration--Massachusetts--Boston<br />Cartoon & Satire
This cartoon from the Mass Media, the University of Massachusetts Boston's weekly student newspaper, satirizes the untimeliness of desegregation in Boston by juxtaposing it alongside locations of notable activism during the Civil Rights Movement.
John Carl
The Mass Media (1966-2006 online).
University Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Boston
November 5, 1974
Jacob Lusk
<span>"This item is made </span><span>available for research and educational purposes by the University of Massachusetts Boston.</span> Rights status is not evaluated. For <a title="Copyright UMB" href="%20http%3A//blogs.umb.edu/archives/about/rights-and-reproductions/" target="_blank">copyright information</a>, please see the policies of the Unviersity Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Boston.<span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:Cabin, sans-serif;font-size:large;"><span> </span> </span></span>
The Mass Media (1966-2006 online). View the <a title="The Mass Media UMB" href="http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15774coll8/id/291" target="_blank">finding aid</a> for more information.
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UAPUB-0008
South Boston