Word: naacp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...NAACP, which walked out of a meeting with the School Committee last Thursday, issued a public statement Monday night that strongly attacked both the Committee and its embattled chairman, Mrs. Louise Day Hicks...
Having been denied a discussion on the subject with the Committee, the NAACP has decided to pursue its objective on a number of fronts. Pickets are now parading in front of School Committee headquarters daily, and the NAACP is planning to take its petition to court. Upon the advice of the National office, local officials have decided to follow the example of other cities and press for a court order...
...Committee's stand is that racial imbalances in the school system is a "neighborhood problem" not under its purview. The NAACP retaliates that the problem exists; that it has harmful affects on Negro children, and that it is the Committee's duty to deal with it. The Association makes it clear, however, that it does not believe the Committee is responsible for the racial imbalances in Boston...
...addition to legal suits it is considered a distinct possibility that the NAACP will stage a massive demonstration in front of the School Committee offices in support of its position...
Throughout the battle observers have sensed a restiveness among NAACP members to challenge the Committee with such a march. One was planned for last week before the Committee agreed to hear NAACP grievances last night...