The Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative

This is a hybrid event. FREE.

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This panel will discuss the education issues brought by community groups to the Boston School Committee and the committee’s negative reaction. Topics include the Stay-Outs and Freedom Schools involving 8,000 students on two occasions; passage of the first Racial Imbalance Law in the country in 1965; starting Operation Exodus to transport Black students to vacant seats in better-resourced white schools and starting METCO, (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), to give some students of color a chance to attend suburban schools. The discussion culminates with reflections on Judge Garrity’s 1974 desegregation decision.