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From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Allen became involved with desegregation as part of the Parents' A…

Women's rights march on Beacon Hill and through downtown Boston. They gather at Government Center plaza. Woman sings women's rights folk song. Cuts of women speaking at a podium, especially about the…

Concerning a request for Groves to find out how many black students are at Harvard, Boston University, Simmons College, Tufts and any other Boston colleges.

Christy George reports that a lawsuit has been filed against the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) to protest its discriminatory housing policies. It charges that the BHA has discouraged minorities from…

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, K…

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. During the busing crisis in Boston of the mid-1970s, Holland was h…

Recorded in Boston, Mass., December 7, 1987.;Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. As coordinator of the Community District Advisory Council of the B…

Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.

Images of African Americans in the 19th Century

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. An activist in Boston, Smith was a founder of the City-Wide Educat…

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Memories of moving to Boston in 1973 and becoming aware into the s…

Recorded in Boston, Mass., December 7, 1987.;Dr. Katie Cannon is the first ordained African American woman Presbyterian minister and a founding voice of Womanist theology.

Marcus Jones reports that drug addicts and community leaders held a demonstration in front of the Massachusetts State House, lobbying for more funding for drug treatment centers in Massachusetts. Ther…

Concerning controversy surrounding William Monroe Trotter and Clement Morgan and explanation for Du Bois' actions in the matter. Also requesting Lowndes County Labor Department Bulletin when published…

Handwritten and printed assembly of a speech delivered before the National Colored League of Boston on the state of education amongst African Americans there. Includes discussion of the benefits of ed…

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dean was elected to the Citywide Parents' Council at her daughter'…

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Parks had a long pedigree in opposing school in education in Bosto…

Sam Fleming reports on voter registration in Massachusetts. Fleming notes that many eligible voters in Massachusetts are not registered to vote. He notes that the percentages of unregistered voters ar…

From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. An attorney with Harvard's Center for Law and Education, Pressman…