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228 - Boston Busing 1974

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The T.P.F.

A brick hit detective Francis Cramer who fell to the pavement hitting his head and he went to cardiac arrest. 100 kids rushed to the Andrew Square subway station and just beat random blacks. By day three, South Boston women were wearing football and hockey helmets in the street. One woman told reporter quote, in America, the voices of the people are supposed to be head. The black people are being head, but we're not. We want our kids to go to our schools. They say the schools belong to everybody. We're part of everybody. That is so like that."

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