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0245-001-B03-F06_0002_Redacted.pdf
The 11-year-old student from Winthrop, MA, suggests that Mayor White move the teachers rather than the students.

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During the desegregation of Boston public schools Mayor Kevin White received numerous letters, including students in Boston. The student in this letter encourages Mayor White to continue desegregating the schools, calling him "the best mayor we…

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During the desegregation of Boston public schools Mayor Kevin White received numerous letters, including students in Boston and across the country. This particular student wrote to Mayor White explaining that schools in Florida were integrated and…

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During the desegregation of Boston public schools Mayor Kevin White received numerous letters, including students in Boston and around the country. This particular student wrote a letter of support to Mayor White, applauding him for focusing on what…

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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…

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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,…

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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,…

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Photograph of student, David Bloom, at the beginning of desegregation in the Boston public schools.

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Students at the Oliver W. Holmes School in Dorchester, MA wrote essays on their experiences with Phase I of the court ordered desegregation of Boston public schools. The students' teacher sent the essays to Mayor Kevin White. Almost all of the essays…

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Students at the Oliver W. Holmes School in Dorchester, MA, wrote essays on their experiences with Phase I of the court ordered desegregation of Boston public schools. The students' teacher sent the essays to Mayor Kevin White. Almost all of the…
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