Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case 1972-1997 (1974-1982).

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Papers on the Boston Schools Desegregation Case 1972-1997 (1974-1982).

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The papers in this collection are the chambers papers of Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts regarding the Boston Schools Case and constitute a day-to-day file documentation of the case. The collection spans the years 1972-1997, with the bulk of the papers concentrated from 1974-1982, at which time the court relinquished some of its control, giving over to the Massachusetts Department of Education most of the responsibility for day-to-day monitoring. The collection is arranged in seventy series. The papers in the collection include the original complaint; handwritten, typed, and printed drafts; orders; opinions; briefs; memoranda; reports; transcripts; research materials and notes; newspaper clippings; case-related and legislative documents; other printed items; photographs; manuscipts of published and unpublished writings; and correspondence (both letters received and copies of letters sent).

56 record cartons (84 linear feet)

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7661917

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

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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...