Article Analysis
use any of these:
Jeanne Theoharis, “‘They Told Us Our Kids Were Stupid’: Ruth Batson and the Educational Movement in Boston”
Jonathan Kozol, excerpt from Death at an Early Age
John Updike, “Marching through Boston” (Blackface! Minstrel Shows; “Yes Sir, Mr. Bones” video clip recommended for context)
Recommended
Noel Day, “The Freedom Movement in Boston”
Web sites: “Boston Before Busing“; “Martin Luther King March on Boston Flyer and Brochure“; and “Studying Struggle and Sacrifice“
Jeremy Wolff, “A Timeline of Boston School Desegregation, 1961-1985“
Newspaper articles on resegregation of Boston public schools: Evan Horowitz, “If Segregation Ended 60 Years Ago, How Come It’s Getting Worse?” (Boston Globe); Nicole Hemmer, “Separate and Unequal, All over Again” (U.S. News and World Report); “Study: Segregation in Springfield, Boston Schools among Worst in Nation” (MassLive)
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According to this reading, public schools in Springfield and Boston are the among the nation’s most racially segregated schools based on a new study by the Northeastern University. Based on this statement, we see that the main theme of this reading….
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