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.