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We spoke to a range of writers, academics and historians to learn about the titles that inform them on key parts of Boston's history: from the Indigenous inhabitants to the American Revolution; from notorious political leaders to the busing crisis of the 1970s.
Violence erupted in the wake of an order to desegregate Boston public schools in 1974 — and a long struggle for educational equity preceded it. On PBS, "American Experience" tells the story.
The Mansfield Democratic Town Committee will hold a virtual book discussion on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m., featuring Jim Vrabel’s, "A People’s History of New Boston."
During his life, Jerome Rappaport made great donations to hospitals, colleges, and museums. He also razed an entire neighborhood to the ground and fought fervently to degrade tenant rights.
On June 21, 1974, Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity issued his finding that Boston’s schools were segregated by the actions of the Boston School Committee. He ordered busing as a remedy beginning that September. There was fierce opposition to the ruling among many whites in Boston while Black families and children acted with courage that fall when rocks pelted their buses on