Title Boston against busing : race, class, and ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s / by Ronald P. Formisano

Published Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2004] ©2004

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series HeinOnline UNC Press law publications HeinOnline civil rights and social justice UNC Press law publications Civil rights and social justice Contents Not Little Rock but New Orleans -- Democracy and segregation, 1961-1965 -- Democracy and segregation : part two : the school committee holds the line -- "A Harvard plan for the working class man" : reactions to the Garrity decision and desegregation -- The antibusing spectrum : moderation and compliance -- Defended (and other) neighborhoods -- The antibusers : children of the 1960s -- Reactionary populism -- Battlegrounds -- Race, class, and justice -- Epilogue : through the 1990s Summary Perhaps the most spectacular reaction to court-ordered busing in the 1970s occurred in Boston, where there was intense and protracted protest. Ron Formisano explores the sources of white opposition to school desegregation. Racism was a key factor, Formisano argues, but racial prejudice alone cannot explain the movement. Class resentment, ethnic rivalries, and the defense of neighborhood turf all played powerful roles in the protest. In a new epilogue, Formisano brings the story up to the present day, describing the end of desegregation orders in Boston and other cities. He also examines the nationwide trend toward the resegregation of schools, which he explains is the result of Supreme Court decisions, attacks on affirmative action, white flight, and other factors. He closes with a brief look at the few school districts that have attempted to base school assignment policies on class or economic status Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed June 30, 2021) Subject Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History Social classes -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History Busing for school integration Ethnic relations Race relations School integration Social classes Schulische Integration Rassenintegration Schulbus Schwarze Segregatie. Rassendiscriminatie. Geschichte (1960-1980) Geschichte (1960-1970) SUBJECT Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations Boston (Mass.) -- Ethnic relations Subject Massachusetts -- Boston Boston, Mass. Schwärze Boston (Mass.) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004555110 ISBN 9780807869703 0807869708

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