Melissa B. Taboada
Education Editor at The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe education editor. Prev: @Statesman reporter/editor. Words: @texastribune, @hechingerreport. El Pasoan. UT grad. Faith, family & daily desserts.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
bostonglobe.com | Melissa B. Taboada
Boston's busing crisis through the eyes of a mother and daughter, 50 years later On Sept. 12 1974, after a landmark court case forced Boston Public Schools to desegregate, big yellow school buses drove slowly through crowds of anti-busing protestors yelling slurs and hurling rocks. Earline Pruitt, one of the plaintiffs of the lawsuit, decided to send her daughter Denise on one of those school buses.
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