Mascott, Ted Hicks, Louise Day Batson, Ruth

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Report on School Committee Meeting of June 14, 1963 on boycott to be held on Friday. In early June 1963, the Education Committee of the N.A.A.C.P. Boston Branch, led by Ruth Batson, unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the Boston School Committee to acknowledge de facto segregation in the Boston Public Schools. Concurrently, community organizations scheduled a boycott of the public schools to dramatize the inequalities of predominantly Negro schools. The “Pre-Boycott Report” radio segment, reports on the Boston School Committee June 14th meeting with the principals of the Boston Schools to discuss the criticisms of the N.A.A.C.P. In this segment, reporters also question members of the Boston School Committee about the meeting and the forthcoming boycott. School Committee member Louise Day Hicks and others provide their perspectives on the problems and solutions regarding predominantly Negro schools and the inappropriateness of the boycott. It also includes a brief statement by Ruth Batson regarding residential segregation. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Audrea Dunham.

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