BOOKS/JOURNAL ARTICLES
Batson, Ruth. The Black Educational Movement in Boston: A Sequence of Historical Events. Northeastern University, 2001.
Clark, Kenneth B. and Clark, Mamie P. Emotional Factors in Racial Identification and Preference in Negro Children. The Journal of Negro Education, 1950.
Garvey, Barbara Garde. The Massachusetts Racial Imbalance Act: The Administration of Public Policy at the State and Local Levels. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1972.
Kiernan, Owen B.; et al. Because It Is Right—Educationally: Report of the Advisory Committee on Racial Imbalance and Education. Massachusetts State Board of Education, 1965.
Kozol, Jonathan. Death at an Early Age. Plume, 1985.
Lukas, J. Anthony. Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
O’Neill, Gerard. Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston. Crown, 2012.
Pedrick, Karin Williamson and Scham, Sandra Arnold. Inside Affirmative Action: The Executive Order That Transformed America’s Workforce. Routledge, 2018.
Peters, Lyda S. “Reclaiming the Narrative: Black Community Activism and Boston School Desegregation History 1960-1975.” Boston College Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, 2017.
Smith, Robert C. John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Ethnic Incorporation and Avoidance. State University of New York Press, 2014.
Wolff, Jeremy. A Timeline of Boston Desegregation, 1961-1985: With Emphasis on 1964-1976. Union of Minority Neighborhoods, 2013.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES
“Segregation Wallace Theme,” Birmingham News, Jan. 14, 1963.
“Alabama Guard Federalized as Wallace Stands at Door,” Birmingham News, Jun. 11, 1963.
“JFK Proclamation of ‘Cease and Desist,’” Birmingham News, Jun. 11, 1963.
“Wallace Statement Brings Up Question of Constitutionality,” Birmingham News, Jun. 11, 1963.
“Negroes Attend Classes at Bama,” Dothan Eagle, Jun. 12, 1963.
“School Committee Leader Rips Plan,” Boston Globe, Jun. 13, 1963.
“School Boycott On Despite Plea,” Boston Globe, Jun. 14, 1963.
“The Day JFK Set the Civil Rights Act in Motion,” New Yorker, Jun. 15, 1963.
“Hub Boycott Truce Fails,” Boston Globe, Jun. 16, 1963.
“Say Boycotts Needed to Arouse Hub,” Boston Globe, Jun. 16, 1963.
“8260 Stay Out—But All Calm,” Boston Globe, Jun. 19, 1963.
“School Sit-Ins Sit All Night,” Boston Globe, Sept. 6, 1963.
“Dr. King Appeals for Brotherhood,” Boston Globe, Apr. 23, 1965.
“Public Schools: Boston’s Busing Battle,” Time, Sept. 24, 1965.
“Jean McGuire: Working and Fighting to Save Our Children,” Essence, Feb. 1973.
“Growing Up With Privilege and Prejudice,” New York Times, Jun. 14, 1987.
“The History of School Transportation,” School Transportation News, Aug. 1, 2007.
DOCUMENTARIES
“The Keys to the Kingdom,” Eyes on the Prize, PBS, 1990.
OUTRO SONG
“Which Side Are You On” by The Freedom Singers
By arrangement of The Orchard
Fiasco 