Word: hennigan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Kenny, a Hennigan Community School parent, said, "We need to insure that our city provides a good education to all our children, which it has not done...
After stopping briefly in front of the School Committee building, the marchers continued to the Boston Common, where about 200 remained to hear speeches by representatives of the African Liberation Support Committee, the Hennigan Community School and the Center for United Labor Action (CULA...
...oppose the plan. School committeeman Paul Ellison commented: "I would go to jail before I would let a single child be bused without parental consent," even though the plan, as mentioned, does not call for forced busing. "The people will not accept this," stated ex-Committee Committee chairman James Hennigan. "The only solution I can see is the repeal of the Racial Imbalance Law and to start all over again...
...Robert Cawley (D-W. Roxbury) who masterminded the redistricting in the State House. Although Cawley drew the Congressional district boundaries to include most of his present district, he could only manage 26 per cent of the vote to Hicks's 39 per cent. The third place finisher. James W. Hennigan, the Boston School Committee chairman, did poorly, getting 21 per cent of the vote...
...Chairman Hennigan remained unmoved. "The people of this city do not want realignment of school districts," he said. "We are an elected board, and it would fly in the face of the voters for us to change the school lines." His judgment of the popular view was soon corroborated by George Wallace's victory in Florida and by President Nixon's speech against busing. Hennigan shifted to the offensive and challenged the racial-imbalance law itself...