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Identifier
oh-057
Collection Number
Moakley Oral History Project OH-057
Running Time
00:48:51
Description
Maurice “Moe” Gillen, a lifelong resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, discusses his community activism related to the 1974 Garrity decision, which required some students to be bused from one Boston neighborhood to another with the goal of creating racial balance in the Boston Public Schools. The interview covers his work with the Charlestown Committee on Education and the Citywide Coordinating Council; reactions to the Garrity decision in Charlestown and other Boston neighborhoods; media coverage of the aftermath of the decision; and his feelings about the decision and its impact on the Boston Public Schools.
Subject Heading
Busing for school integration; Charlestown (Boston, Mass.); Citywide Coordinating Council
Interview Date
2006
Publisher
Suffolk University
Keywords
Busing for school integration, Charlestown (Boston, Mass.), Citywide Coordinating Council
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Gillen, Maurice and Petraglia, Corinne, "Oral history interview with Maurice Gillen (OH-057), audio recording and transcript, 2006" (2006). Moakley Archive Oral History Project. 53.
https://dc.suffolk.edu/moh/53