Papers of Ruth Batson, (inclusive) (bulk) 1919-2003 1951-2003

Hicks, Louise Day, 1916-2003

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Anna Louise Day Hicks (October 16, 1916 – October 21, 2003) was an American politician and lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for her staunch opposition to desegregation in Boston public schools, and especially to court-ordered busing, in the 1960s and 1970s. A longtime member of Boston's school board and city council, she served one term in the United States House of Representatives, succeeding John William McCormack. The daughter of a wealthy and prominent attorney and judge, Hic...

National Council of Negro Women

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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...

Robert Gould Shaw House Nursery School

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Kennedy, John F., 1942-

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New England Television Corporation

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Ruth Batson

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Community and civil rights activist Ruth Marion Batson, daughter of Joel and Cassandra Watson, was born August 3, 1921, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. She attended the Nursery Training School of Boston, Boston University, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and received her master's in education from Boston University in 1976. In 1941, she married John C. Batson; they had three daughters, Cassandra Way, Susan Batson, and Dorothy Owusu. John Batson died in 1971. Bat...

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005

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Rosa Louis Lee Parks (1913-2005) became an icon of the civil rights movement after she was arrested and jailed for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus in 1955. Her courage led to the Montgomery bus boycott and eventual court order outlawing segregation and discrimination on buses in that city. She was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States' highest civilian honor, in July of 1999. ...

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

Commission on Church and Race, Massachusetts Council of Churches

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Tougaloo College

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Boston School Committee.

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Girls' Latin School

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Citywide Coordinating Council Evaluation Committee

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