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Radio 4,18 Oct 1974,15 mins

Boston busing crisis, 1974

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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How Judge W Arthur Garrity Jr's enforced busing policy, attempting to desegregate schooling, came up against its greatest challenge in South Boston.

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