Courageous Conversations: The Segregation of the Boston Public Schools
Tue, Sep 26
|Roxbury Community College, Media Arts
The Boston Desegregation & Busing Initiative: Join our panelists for an in-depth discussion about desegregating schools in Boston from 1960-1973.
Time & Location
Sep 26, 2023, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Roxbury Community College, Media Arts , 1234 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120, USA
About the Event
The Boston Desegregation & Busing Initiative: The Segregation of the Boston Public Schools & The Community Organizing & Legal Efforts to Try to Eliminate Segregation & to Secure Educational Justice for Black Students, 1960-1973
Tuesday, September 26th at 6:00 PM
Register to attend in-person
Organizing for better schools and desegregation 1960-1973, largely led by the Black community.
This laid the ground work for the 1974 federal court decision finding Boston's schools were segregated and ordering busing to desegregate them.
Panelists include Hubie Jones, Jean McGuire, and other participants in these events and moderated by Kim Janey, former Mayor of Boston who was bused as a student in the Boston Public Schools.
Location: Roxbury Community College 1234 Columbus Avenue, in the Media Arts Building, located across from the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line MBTA Station and the Reggie Lewis Center.