McNeill, D. Monty
Description
From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. An educator, Peterkin was headmaster of Boston English High School during the busing crisis, and went on to become Superintendent of Cambridge Schools. Discussion of Peterkin's arrival at English High on the day Garrity issued his order, changes at the school, and impact of desegregation; service as Budget Director for the school system; controversies surrounding the Spillane administration and insensitivities to African Americans; controversy around the Educational Planning Group and splitting the School Committee.
Audiocassettes Oral Histories (Document Genres)Sound Recordings
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- African Americans
- Boston (Mass.). School Committee
- Busing For School Integration
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Movements
- English High School (Boston, Mass.)
- Government
- History
- Politics And Government
- Public Schools
- Segregation In Education
- Spillane, Robert R. (Robert Richard) 1934 2015
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