"Day of Mourning" Invitation

"Day of Mourning" Invitation

Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999

This invitation to a recognize an organized "Day of Mourning" was sent to Judge Garrity. The invitation interprets Garrity's decision to desegregate schools as a violation of rights. It encourages parents to keep children home from school and instead go to their respective places of worship to pray for reform.

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Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. : Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. Box 49, Folder 4.

University Archives & Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston

September 1974

Jacob Lusk

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