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James W. Fraser (collector) photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: M066
Overview In June 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. found the Boston School Committee guilty of willful segregation and called for forced busing of students from Roxbury and other predominantly African-American neighborhoods, to predominantly white schools, including Hyde Park, South Boston, and Charlestown High Schools. Before the ruling, students were assigned to schools based on where they lived. As a result, schools were segregated based on the population of the students in the area. While in...
Dates: 1905-ca. 1990; Majority of material found within 1974-1976

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  • Subject: Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations X
  • Names: Oxton, Roland X