Word: thompson
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Albano labels this simply "more rhetoric," and says Graham "would have never said that to him." He adds, "Saundra Graham and Alvin Thompson do not sit on the same side of the street in this town...
...after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Thompson says he chaired the Cambridge Black Citizens Committee (CBC) that formed to fight local racism. At that time, he says, "Blacks were not allowed to ride in police cars," and Thompson worked with James Vaughnberg of the CCA to integrate police cars...
...Thompson also says he has worked with Graham since 1970, when they cooperated in an effort to calm the race rioting in April through June and September through November of that year. He also worked with her from 1970 to 1982 as assistant to the city manager for community relations, he said...
...that post, Thompson says, he "was involved with" minority hiring of teachers, police, nurses. He adds, "There have been five superintendents of schools since 1970...I have always been on the screening committees...
...Although Thompson has had a lot of experience with civil rights and minority issues, he says his "concern will be the district's needs." The 28th Middlesex district is 97 percent white, Thompson says, and mostly "middle-class, blue-collar, and students...