Letter to Judge Garrity from a middle school student

Letter to Judge Garrity from a middle school student

Boston (Mass.)—Race Relations--History—20th Century
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Garrity, Wendell Arthur, 1920-1999
Race awareness—Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations--History--20th Century
School integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--United States

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 firestorm ensued, and he received a barrage of correspondence from students, parents and citizens, both in support and in hostility to his court decision. This particular student believed in integration but did not believe in busing students. The student suggested that the city instead build parks, create more clubs for children as well as sports teams.

Name Redacted

Garrity, W Arthur, Jr. : Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case, 1972-1997. SC-0090 Box 49, Folder 4: Correspondence

University Archives & Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Boston

September 5, 1974

Prescott, Lauren

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