Boston Public Schools desegregation-era records collection, 1952-1996 (bulk 1976-1985).

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...

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...

Scott, Marvin B.

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Morgan, Tallulah

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Tauro, Joseph L.

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Boston Public Schools. Office of General Counsel.

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McLaughlin, Michael C.

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Spiegel, Jacob J., 1901-1985

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O'Bryant, John D., 1931-1992

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Boston Public Schools. Citywide Parents' Council

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Dentler, Robert A., 1928-2008

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McCormack, Edward Joseph, 1923-

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Willie, Charles Vert, 1927-....

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Educator and social activist Charles Vert Willie was born in Dallas, Texas, on October 8, 1927. Willie attended Morehouse College and graduated in 1948. The following year, he received a master's degree from Atlanta University and in 1957, he obtained a Ph.D. in sociology at Syracuse University. At Syracuse University, Willie served as chair of the Department of Sociology and Vice President of the University, at a time when African Americans were not holding such positions. He then was hired by ...

Massachusetts. Board of Education

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Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish set policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in a Dept. of Education report 1961/1962. From the description of Register of visitors, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Massachusetts Educational Exhibit. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967720 Massachusetts Board of Education created 1837; abolished ...

United States. District Court (Massachusetts)

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...

Keppel, Francis, 1916-1990

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Francis Keppel (1916-1990) was a professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard, and served as Commissioner of Education under President Kennedy. From the description of Papers of Francis Keppel, 1939-1990 (inclusive), 1970-1990 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973086 Francis Keppel (1916-1990) was a professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard (1948-1962), and served as the Unitd States Commissioner of Education (19...

Boston Public Schools

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The Boston Public School system dates from 1647 and is the oldest public school system in the U.S.; in 1798 the School Committee (formed 1710) denied a group of black parents their request to establish separate schools for their children due to the unequal treatment they received; in 1812 the School Committee voted to support separate schools for blacks and by a830 a completely separate educational system was functioning. In 1850 the doctrine of separate but equal facilities for dif...

Boston, Mass. School Committee

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Evans, Marien E

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Winegar, Jerome

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Wood, Robert Coldwell, 1923-2005

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Robert Coldwell Wood (b. 1923) was a management organization expert at the U.S. Bureau of the Budget from 1951 to 1954, Under Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 1966 to 1968, and Secretary of HUD in 1969. He also served as a professor of political science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts, and Wesleyan University, and was president of the University of Massachusetts from 1970 to 1977. From th...

Betcher, Michael

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Wilson, Laval

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Boston Public Schools. Dept. of Implementation.

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South Boston High School

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Boston Latin School (Mass.)

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