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Good evening.

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As we all know, in

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one of her greatest challenges,

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busing.

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I went up to Southie High.

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We all knew something was going

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It was chaotic.

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The place was ringed wit

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There were truckfuls of cameras.

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The crowd was so violent, 
all I could think of was

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what would happen if I didn't 
make it to the bus?

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When I reported to Kevin White 
on opening day

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that no Black child had been 
killed, 
we thought that

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It was the saddest day in 
Boston's 
history.

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Busing will never work in this 
city, 
never.

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Difficulties over segregation

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and discrimination

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In Boston, the neighborhoods are 
their own little sort of worlds.

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People from South Boston 
didn't come into Roxbury.

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People from Roxbury 
didn't go into South Boston.

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There were patterns of racial 
discrimination everywhere.

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Black schools were missing 
basic resources.

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We felt that if we moved our 
students 
to where they were spending the 
money,

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we would benefit.

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And the mo

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I can remember it was an angry, 
angry time.

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I don't want to bus my child to 
any school.

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I want to have a good school 
in my community.

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We were told,

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your kid canno

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Wouldn#t you be upset?

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If I had been assigned to

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I 
wouldn't have gone. I did

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People were generally afraid 
for their children.

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Many Black parents were saying,

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#We can't send our kids into 
the

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It's not a question of whether t 
e Constitution can be enforced.

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It's only a question of at what 
cost?