Newspaper clippings related to judge W. Arthur Garrity, 1960-1974.

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Newspaper clippings related to judge W. Arthur Garrity, 1960-1974.

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Garrity, W. Arthur (Wendell Arthur), 1920-1999

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Morgan v. Hennigan, 379 F. Supp. 410 (1974), commonly known as the Boston Schools Case, was a complex and legally entangled class action suit against the state of Massachusetts and the Boston School Committee. On March 15, 1972, the plaintiffs filed a complaint with the First District Court of Massachusetts, charging the state and Boston officials with maintaining a segregated school system that denied black students equal educational opportunities. After preliminary hearings the case went to tr...