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Mel King: oral history with Monty Neill
1985
King, Melvin, 1928, McNeill, D. Monty
From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A key community organizer in Boston in the late 1960s and 1970s, King was Director of the Urban League of Greater Boston and a state representative for the 9th Suffolk District from 1973-1982. In 1983, he became the first African American to run for mayor of Boston. Discussion around the meaning of quality education within Boston's Black community and the struggles surrounding the public schools; diversity of positions within the community; belief that just the process of mobilization is valuable, even if the result is not.
- Title:
- Mel King: oral history with Monty Neill
- Creator:
- King, Melvin, 1928, McNeill, D. Monty
- Date Created:
- 1985
- Description:
From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. A key community organizer in Boston in the late 1960s and 1970s, King was Director of the Urban League of Greater Boston and a state representative for the 9th Suffolk District from 1973-1982. In 1983, he became the first African American to run for mayor of Boston. Discussion around the meaning of quality education within Boston's Black community and the struggles surrounding the public schools; diversity of positions within the community; belief that just the process of mobilization is valuable, even if the result is not.
Item details
- Partner:
- Digital Commonwealth
- Contributing Institution:
- Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Subjects:
- African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston (Mass.)--History--1900--1999
Boston (Mass.)--Politics and government--1900--1999
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Civil rights movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Public schools--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Johnson, Larry J - Type:
- sound
- Format:
- AudiocassettesOral histories (document genres)Sound recordings
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