Word: segregationism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People have directed their anger at each other instead of at low quality education. The Boston School Committee, which allowed Boston schools to deteriorate while they promoted segregation and racism, blame black people for the low quality of education. On the other hand. Judge Garrity's decision essentially puts the...
It was a $13 million gift from a disgruntled Yalie--he had offered to fund a Houses system at Yale but had been turned down by the faculty there--in 1926 that allowed Lowell to pull the residential House plan from his top drawer and present it to the faculty...
Coleman helped draft the brief that led to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation. He defended Freedom Riders and sit-in demonstrators in the 1960s and represented the N.A.A.C.P. in a case that found unconstitutional a Florida law prohibiting cohabitation between the races. At the request of...
Santamaria Beach in Havana Province was a beautiful swimming area. The water was warm and very clear. As the waves came in from the horizon, I could see different shades of blue. Big leafy trees lined the shore. Clear white sand and a light but humid breeze surrounded us. In...
But in addition to the importance of the Boston school situation to Americans in general, the issue should speak particularly to students at Harvard. It's important, first, to recognize that the people of South Boston in general probably do not think of Harvard as part of their city. What...