Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. When this student first heard about integration in Boston schools, he thought it was a good idea. One of the most memorable moments of the school year was when he was elected to the Bi-Racial Council. The council allows students to get together and speak on racial issues.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. This particular student is against busing, even though she agrees with integration. She believes that students should be able to choose which school they want to attend.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. This student was nervous about integration, but was relieved to find out that other students were just as nervous as she was.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. This particular student was bused to school and was frightened to enter an integrated school. Immediately, he made friends with two black classmates. He did not want to attend the Holmes school for a second year, not because of integration but because the school was older and in poor condition.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. The student in this essay was not bused, but did not want to attend the Holmes school. They go on to explain that while there wasn't violence at the Holmes school, there were several stabbings outside of school at the Ashmont train station. Despite all of that, the student proclaimed that it was their favorite school year.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 demonstrate that while desegregation was the focus in the beginning of the school year, that disappeared as they formed new friendships and went on multiple field trips. The student in this essay was frightened of being bused to an integrated school, thinking that white people would gun down the buses. However, the student began to feel safe at school, made friends, and hopes to remain at the Holmes school the following year.
Creator
Name Redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 5: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
circa 1975
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.
Photograph of David Bloom at age 10, circa. 1974-1975
Subject
Boston (Mass.)
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Segregation--1970-1980.
Description
Photograph of student, David Bloom, at the beginning of desegregation in the Boston public schools.
Creator
The Bloom Family
Date
Circa 1974-1975.
Contributor
Maranan, Vini
Rights
Copyright D. David Bloom. This item is made available for research and educational purposes courtesy of D. David Bloom. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
High school students--Massachusetts--Boston
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Urban youth--Massachusetts--Boston
Description
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, exhibitions of their photographs were displayed in locations around the city. In 1989 a traveling exhibition by the students was created, being first shown at the Boston Public Library.
University Archives & Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Boston
Date
circa 1989
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the University of Massachusetts Boston. Rights status is not evaluated. Please see the Healey Library website: for copyright information.
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools (proper noun)
Busing for school integration
High school students -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Segregation in education—United States
Race relations—Massachusetts--Boston
Urban youth--Massachusetts--Boston
Description
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, exhibitions of their photographs were displayed in locations around the city. In 1989 a traveling exhibition by the students was created, being first shown at the Boston Public Library.
Letter to Mayor Kevin White from two students in South Carolina
Subject
Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States
White, Kevin H.
Description
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 students came up with a list of rules for a "Together School" that they felt would be useful for Boston schools.
Creator
Names redacted
Source
Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983). 0245.001 Box 3, Folder 6: Correspondence
Publisher
Boston City Archives
Date
1974-12-30
Contributor
Prescott, Lauren
Rights
This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the Boston City Archives. Rights status is not evaluated.
Relation
View the finding aid to the Mayor Kevin H. White records, 1929-1999 (Bulk, 1968-1983) for more related information.