Inside look: 50 years of BPS students' fight for equality
Thursday, June 20th • Segment
50 years ago, busing was set in motion by rightfully furious Black parents making modest demands: equal educational opportunity for their children and good schools in their own neighborhoods. It never happened. Kris Hooks, editor of the Money, Power, Inequality team and Melissa Taboada, editor of the Great Divide education team, preview the Globe’s "Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope” series exploring the legacy of Boston’s busing era.
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