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228 - Boston Busing 1974

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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Roar: Restore Our Alienated Rights

South Boston and Roxbury High had parallel dropout rates. The white parents in Southie were enraged over what? Because the judge lived in better off Wellesley and there was no busing going on there. Antibusters formed an organization called Roar. To get in members had to pledge allegiance to the court order of the United States.

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