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While Boston dealt with anti-busing riots and racial turbulence when court-ordered desegregation started in 1978, nearby Cambridge gained nationwide recognition as one of the few communities to desegregate its schools voluntarily, without a mandate from the courts. The three-year process, completed in 1981, of evenly spreading minority...
Much of Law's time will have to be spent dealing with Boston's chronic racial problems which have penetrated the Church. During the busing riots in the 1970s, many families used parochial schools as an escape from the integrated public school system. This forced the Church to adopt policies...
Officials in Washington cite him as having prevented attempts by Sen Jesse Helms (D.N.C) to stop the Supreme Court of jurisdiction on civil rights issues such as busing, abortion and school prayer. The failure of the proposed Helms-Johnson Amendment, according to many observers, helped preserve the independence of the...
To his credit, Ed Meese's name has not been linked to the sort of sordid activity associated with colleagues like Ann Burford, James Watt, Paul Thayer, Rita Lavelle, Charles Wick, or Ray Donovan. Nor can he be derailed for his stands on issues like busing or affirmative action; while...
In a press conference last week. Markey moved to counter his image as an inconsistent liberal. Calling himself a "maverick" and noting that he had changed his votes to support court-ordered busing and federal funding for abortions. Merkey objected to those who cail him a "conservative"