Word: fifield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mary Fifield, a Dukakis press secretary, confirmed yesterday's reports that Bell might be a possible candidate for a state...
...Fifield said that it was "likely" that Bell was being considered for "some state appointment," but she said she couldn't confirm or deny whether he was being considered for a cabinet post...
...main reasons they chose the Edson Street house was its location. They and their seven children would be near a Catholic church and the Fifield elementary school, which is only two blocks away. When the Nephews bought their home seven years ago, Dorchester was an all-white neighborhood; now black families are moving in and the Nephews worry about their investment and their children. Last September, when they were told that to further integration two of their daughters, Patrice and Susan, would have to go to fifth grade at the new Lee school, half a mile away-the other five...
...opposition was not caused by bigotry-Fifield was already 30% to 40% black-nor was it based on principle alone. "It's dangerous enough for my kids to walk to Fifield just two blocks away," she maintains. "I didn't see why they should travel half a mile into a district where there's even more crime." Furthermore, she adds, the girls had made friends at Fifield, and were looking forward to being taught by a favorite teacher...
When the school transfer was ordered, Nephew, an IBM programmer, and some friends asked the pastor of St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church for help. Father Leonard Burke organized the parents of about 200 children, most of whom continued to attend Fifield in defiance of the edict; school officials allowed them in the classrooms, though the children were not registered for credit. Picket lines were set up around the homes of school committeemen who had voted for the busing plan...