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Busing Debate Transcript
Audio recording of a Boston busing debate from an episode of “A Left and a Right”
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 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.
Letter from Bristol, Florida
A letter to Mayor Kevin White from a resident of Bristol, Florida, 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 Jamaica Plain
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a resident of Jamaica Plain who is against busing students and suggests that to achieve quality education, teachers be sent to different schools.
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 Roanoke, Virginia
A letter to Mayor Kevin H. White from a resident of Roanoke, Virginia who is against busing and integration. She is glad that other cities in the north have to go through "the same as the South had to suffer."
