Judge Orders Immediate Desegregation of Boston Schools
A summary of federal judge Garrity’s order to desegregate Boston’s school system.
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Judge Orders Immediate Desegregation of Boston Schools (en español)
A summary of federal judge Garrity’s order to desegregate Boston’s school system. This resource is in Spanish.
![Protesters Carry Anti-Busing Signs](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/neu_111443.jpg?h=95a20a73&itok=QY5DtN_I)
Latinx Parents Demand to Be Recognized by the Court
A summary of how Boston’s Latinx parents organized and demanded to be recognized by the court.
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Latinx Parents Demand to Be Recognized by the Court (en español)
A summary of how Boston’s Latinx parents organized and demanded to be recognized by the court. This resource is in Spanish.
![Middle School kids in a classroom while teacher stands in the front of the classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/SL_190523_0886.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=tnQkcb0j)
White Opposition to the Desegregation Order
This reading gives an overview of the opposition to Judge Garrity’s desegregation order from Boston’s poor and working-class white neighborhoods.
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White Opposition to the Desegregation Order (en español)
This reading gives an overview of the opposition to Judge Garrity’s desegregation order from Boston’s poor and working-class white neighborhoods. This resource is in Spanish.
![Helmeted police move in to break up a crowd](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/neu_111518.jpg?h=22073a66&itok=8f-vLIC1)
Articles and Discussion Questions | Boston Educational Justice Gallery Walk
A collection of articles that provides snapshots of what the pursuit of educational justice in Boston looks like today.
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Articles and Discussion Questions | Boston Educational Justice Gallery Walk (en español)
A collection of articles that provides snapshots of what the pursuit of educational justice in Boston looks like today. This resource is in Spanish.
![Students sitting in desks and writing](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/facing-history-sf-drew-bird-a-114.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=44-Sa31C)
Boston Educational Justice, 1980–2022
A timeline of significant dates and events in the movements for educational justice in Boston from 1980–2022.
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Year-by-Year Titles | Boston Educational Justice Timeline
In preparation for the human timeline activity, teachers should print this handout and hang the years (1961 to 1974) in chronological order around the classroom.
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A Time of Crisis: The Sanitation Strike
Learn about the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers’ strike and Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in the strike and negotiations.
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