Challenging 'Up South' Boston: Roxbury forum recalls the city's school desegregation movement
They marched, they protested, and they gathered detailed proof that the Boston Public Schools were racially separate and unequal. When a stubborn school committee failed to acknowledge the problem and provide remedies, parents and activists organized one-day boycotts, carpooled, and raised money for student transportation to more adequate schools. They even opened their own
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