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Busing & Beyond: School Desegregation in Boston
An excerpt from the 1985 report to the US District Court on the status of school desegregation in Boston.

An excerpt from the 1985 report to the US District Court on the status of school desegregation in Boston.

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Report no. 5 to the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts on Boston school desegregation, v.2,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/04d116384719841856d75036a753bddb.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Boston Public Library via Internet Archive.

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A collection of FBI correspondence regarding two attacks on black men, in 1974 and 1976, related to Boston desegregation.
An excerpt from the transcript of a 2006 oral history interview with Charlestown resident Moe Gillen.
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An excerpt from the 1985 report to the US District Court on the status of school desegregation in Boston.

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