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The Boston magnets-representing the largest use of the idea to date-are designed to hold fully 18,600 of the city's projected 72,000 school pupils. They were called for in Phase II of Federal District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity's desegregation plan, after his...
So far, Garrity's plan for magnet schools has eased some opposition to busing, although many teachers doubt that enough time remains to recruit students or adopt special programs. John Doherty, former president of the Boston Teachers Union, supports magnets but fears that "the magnetism won't be...
Speaking for an hour on "Boston and the South," Coles noted the irony of the fact that Boston--the seat of abolitionism and the source of many "civil rights activists"--has experienced violence during its implementation of a school busing plan.
The author of a book on the migration of southerners, Coles often interrupted his speech with the words. "Here he is talking," to preface the remarks of poor people about civil rights and busing.
He said that the unrest that has accompanied busing in Boston is the "empty desperation of the violent," which be said he has witnessed in the South.