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Letter from a 5th grade student
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a 5th grade student who is against busing and believes that students should be able to attend neighborhood schools.
Letter from a college student
A letter to Mayor Kevin White from a college student in Boston who is against busing and is relieved that he attended grade school in New York City
Letter from Bristol, Florida
A letter to Mayor Kevin White from a resident of Bristol, Florida, who is against busing.
Letter from Bude, MIssissippi
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from the mayor of Bude, Mississippi who is against busing and is bitter about the process of integration the south faced which "interrupted our way of life and changed a pattern that was legal and right for hundreds…
Letter from Cambridge, Massachusetts
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, congratulating him for his courage, skill and foresight regarding the busing issue.
Letter from Denver, Colorado
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a black parent in Denver, Colorado, whose child is being bused to school. She goes on to say that Denver has not experienced violence like Boston because the mayor banned demonstrations against busing.
Letter from Dorchester
A letter to Mayor Kevin White from a resident of Dorchester and a student at Boston Latin School who is against busing.
Letter from East Boston
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a mother in East Boston who is against busing and believes the key to an equal education is to move the teachers.
Letter from Fort Polk, Louisiana
A letter to Mayor Kevin White from a serviceman at Fort Polk, Louisiana who is against forced busing and suggests that teachers be screened by a committee for quality, so that all schools in Boston have the same quality of education for children.