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Jun 21, 2024 · 50 years after busing, its legacy remains ambiguous and contested in Boston. FILE - Buses arrive at South Boston High School, Jan. 8, 1975, as classes resume at the racially troubled institution. Police were on hand to provide protection as Black students arrived.
Jun 20, 2024 · Certainly, no Black parents had been clamoring to send their children to South Boston High School. Yet they desperately wanted to get their children out of their segregated and failing...
Jun 20, 2024 · A resident of South Boston reacted during a riot near South Boston High School on Dec. 11, 1974. The clash between police and a crowd of 1,500 people outside the school after a white student...
Jun 17, 2024 · Leola Hampton was a student bused from Roxbury to South Boston High School, and Suzanne Lee was a teacher and principal in the district. Interview Highlights. Highlights from this interview have...
Jun 21, 2024 · Black students desegregating South Boston High School were met by a mob of White people throwing rocks, bottles, eggs and rotten tomatoes, and yelling, “Niggers, go home!” The situation grew worse over the weeks.
Jun 17, 2024 · Police escort school buses as they leave South Boston High School on the second day of court-ordered busing on Sept. 14, 1974. Some buses were stoned and several arrests were made. (AP...
Jun 18, 2024 · Nearly 50 years ago, a landmark federal court decision found the Boston School Committee had illegally perpetuated segregation and allocated lower funding in predominantly Black neighborhoods. It ordered racial rebalancing of white and Black students through busing.
