Correspondence between a South Boston resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley

Correspondence between a South Boston resident and Congressman John Joseph Moakley

Boston (Mass.)
Boston Public Schools
Busing for school integration
Moakley, John Joseph, 1927-2001
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)

This correspondence includes a telegram sent to Congressman Moakley from a South Boston resident, as well as Moakley’s response. The resident sent the telegram to Moakley in Washington, D.C., at the beginning of the school year in 1974, imploring Moakley to return to South Boston and referencing police violence. In his response, Moakley assures the resident that he has spoken to the police commissioner and describes the outcome of that conversation.

Name redacted/Moakley, John Joseph

Congressman John Joseph Moakley Papers, 1926-2001 (MS100)
Series 04 District Issues, Box 5 Folder 52

John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, Mass.

September 12, 1974/September 26, 1974

Kintz, Laura

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English

Telegram/letter

DI-1109

Telegram/letter