• The desegregation of Boston public schools (1974–1988) was a period in which the Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through...
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    Desegregation busing (also known simply as busing or integrated busing or forced busing) was an attempt to diversify the racial make-up of schools in...
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  • The Walk (2022 film) (category Fictional portrayals of the Boston Police Department)
    historical drama film based on true events about the 1974 Boston desegregation busing crisis. Directed by Daniel Adams from a script he co-wrote with George...
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    resignation of President Richard Nixon on August 8 and the Boston desegregation busing crisis, including Sargent's May 10 decision to block repeal of the...
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    alert in case the administration decided to intervene in the Boston desegregation busing crisis. In May 1978, the division was alerted to a possible drop...
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    Raymond Flynn (category Mayors of Boston)
    South Boston neighborhood during the turbulent Boston desegregation busing crisis of the early 1970s. Flynn opposed federally-mandated school busing. Throughout...
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    the history of the United States (1980–present) 1980–1991 Boston desegregation busing crisis (1974–1988) 1980 Miami riots 1982 Overtown riot Cabbage Patch...
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    the history of the United States (1980–present) 1980–1991 Boston desegregation busing crisis (1974–1988) 1980 Miami riots 1982 Overtown riot Cabbage Patch...
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    weapon during the height of the Boston Desegregation Busing Crisis. In 1979, Forman's photography staff at the Boston Herald American won a Pulitzer Prize...
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    Committee on the Los Angeles Crisis, Sacramento: Assembly Publications Office, 1992. Webster Commission, The City in Crisis' A Report by the Special Advisor...
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    department and the public works department, legal fees, and fees from a crisis communications firm. Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, a private hospital...
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    during the public disturbance over court-ordered busing, which was intended to racially desegregate Boston's public school system. The protest of white citizens...
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    firecracker. Police filled an MTA bus with detainees; 65 people at the event were arrested, including 30 juveniles. The bus was attacked by other people attempting...
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    properties when the city was experiencing many problems due to the Boston desegregation busing crisis. The department originally consisted of unarmed officers;...
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    Ted Landsmark (category Boston Architectural College)
    Landsmark's way to a meeting in Boston City Hall, he was met by young demonstrators against the Boston Desegregation Busing Crisis. It depicts a young white...
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    W. Arthur Garrity Jr. (category Boston College faculty)
    1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Garrity received...
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  • looted and damaged stores, and attacked police vehicles and city transit buses, setting several on fire. Several instances of gunfire were also reported...
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    the history of the United States (1980–present) 1980–1991 Boston desegregation busing crisis (1974–1988) 1980 Miami riots 1982 Overtown riot Cabbage Patch...
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    The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 19, 2021. Enninga, Heidi (May 6, 2021). "Documenting Street Art, St. Thomas Researchers Better Understand Crisis". St...
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    Kevin White (politician) (category Boston College Law School alumni)
    them after narrowly winning the 1975 election during the Boston school desegregation busing crisis and subsequently constructed a classic and centralized...
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    to protest the grand jury's decision in more than 170 U.S. cities from Boston to Los Angeles, and that National Guard forces were reinforced at Ferguson...
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    Commission unanimously refused to allow an anti-busing float during the nearby Boston desegregation busing crisis. In 1971, after Arthur "Mr. Wake Up America"...
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  • METCO (category School desegregation pioneers)
    few other voluntary desegregation busing programs operating in the early decades of the 21st century. The program enrolls Boston resident students in...
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    the rally were arrested, but they were escorted from the rally site in buses protected by police. In retaliation, a local tattoo parlor that had allegedly...
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    Shahshahani, Azadeh (September 15, 2023). "Cop Cities in a Militarized World". Boston Review. Retrieved May 14, 2025. "AUC, GSU, Tech, Agnes Scott, and Emory...
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  • William J. Leary (category Boston College alumni)
    schools in Boston and Broward County, Florida. He oversaw the Boston Public Schools during the early years of the Boston desegregation busing crisis. He also...
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