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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...
Although Boston stood to lose some $300 million in aid and construction money, the committee did nothing about producing a desegregation plan. "We cannot respond in the time they have given us," said Chairman James Hennigan (Mrs. Hicks had run unsuccessfully for mayor and then moved on to Congress). While HEW's legal machinery slowly turned, the N.A.A.C.P. sponsored a class action against the school authorities by 55 parents and children, demanding a prompt end to "racially discriminatory policies." At the same time, the state board of education voted to draw up its own desegregation plan in case...
...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...