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Before busing : a history of Boston's long Black freedom struggle / Zebulon Vance Miletsky.
Van Pelt Library LC214.23.B67 M55 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miletsky, Zebulon Vance, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century.
- School integration.
- African Americans--Education--Massachusetts--Boston.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Political activity--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.).
- African Americans--Education.
- Race relations.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "In many histories of Boston, African Americans have remained almost invisible. Partly as a result, when the 1972 crisis over school desegregation and busing erupted, many observers professed shock at the overt racism on display in the 'cradle of liberty.' Yet the city has long been divided over matters of race, and it was also home to a far older Black organizing tradition than many realize. A community of Black activists had fought segregated education since the origins of public schooling and racial inequality since the end of northern slavery. Before Busing tells the story of the men and women who struggled and demonstrated to make school desegregation a reality in Boston"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Origins of Slavery, Freedom, and Jim Crow in the Cradle of Liberty, 1638
- 1896
- ch. Two Boston Confronts a Jim Crow North, 1896
- 1934
- ch. Three Small Victories on the Way to Freedom, 1934
- 1945
- ch. Four Mobilizing for Freedom: Community-Based Activism in the Post-World War II Era, 1949
- 1965
- ch. Five Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud, 1967
- 1970
- ch. Six Boston, Not Birmingham: Busing as Boston's "Reconstruction," 1965
- 1988.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781469662763
- 1469662760
- 1469662779
- 9781469662770
- OCLC:
- 1327842969
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