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Letter from Mayor White to Mattapan Mother and His Office's Notes
This letter and notes pertain to a Mattapan woman's concern that her children would not receive adequate transportation for school.
Photograph of David Bloom at age 10, circa. 1974-1975
Photograph of student, David Bloom, at the beginning of desegregation in the Boston public schools.
MOSAIC exhibition announcement
MOSAIC was founded by Michael Tierney and Dan Terris and launched at South Boston High School in 1980 in response to the desegregation of Boston public schools in the 1970s. A yearly publication was published from 1980 to 1988. Additionally,…
MOSAIC exhibition announcement
MOSAIC was founded by Michael Tierney and Dan Terris and launched at South Boston High School in 1980 in response to the desegregation of Boston public schools in the 1970s. A yearly publication was published from 1980 to 1988. Additionally,…
"The Bus"
This article is published in MOSAIC's Spring 1985 edition. Students look back on their experiences with desegregation in Boston schools and in particular, busing.
Letter to Mayor Kevin White from two students in South Carolina
The two students from Walterboro, South Carolina, wrote to Mayor Kevin White about their experience with integration in their town in 1971 - 1972. Although many were unhappy at first, there was minimal violence and no protests to integration. The two…
Letter to Mayor Kevin White from 5th grade student
The student wrote a letter to Mayor White listing the reasons why they believed busing to be a bad idea. During the desegregation of Boston public schools Mayor Kevin White received numerous letters, both in support of and against desegregation…
Letter to Judge Garrity from a middle school student
On June 21, 1974, Judge Garrity ruled in a court case that was filed by the NAACP in 1972. He found that racial segregation was present in the Boston school system in all areas of the city, at all grade levels, and in all types of schools. A…
Letter to Judge Garrity from a high school student in Boston
On June 21, 1974, Judge Garrity ruled in a court case that was filed by the NAACP in 1972. He found that racial segregation was present in the Boston school system in all areas of the city, at all grade levels, and in all types of schools. A…
Letter to Judge Garrity from a high school student in Boston
On June 21, 1974, Judge Garrity ruled in a court case that was filed by the NAACP in 1972. He found that racial segregation was present in the Boston school system in all areas of the city, at all grade levels, and in all types of schools. A…