Driving for Desegregation: Boston 50 Years After Busing

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Ford Hall Forum and GBH Forum Network invite you to a panel discussion moderated by Adrian Walker of The Boston Globe, with Zebulon V. Miletsky, PhD., associate professor of Africana  Studies, Stonybrook University and the author of, A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, Alisa R. Drayton, Executive Director, Yawkey Club of Roxbury, and Marilyn Flowers-Marion, chairperson, Retired Teachers Chapter of the Boston Teachers Union, who will share their lived experiences of court-ordered busing in Boston during the 1970s. The panel will also explore the long-term impacts of busing on the city of Boston, including the current state of Boston’s public schools and racial equity in a myriad of arenas. Looking to the future, the panel will consider what a more equitable Boston Public School System might look like.