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School Desegregation / Boston #478784

NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Sep 11, 1974
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(Studio) Controversial Boston, Massachusetts, school desegregation plan begins tomorrow. White parents threaten boycott.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Boston, Massachusetts) Blacks feel sense of progress mixed with apprehension. [Roxbury, Massachusetts, Reverend Michael HAYNES - says everything will be all right; prays no one gets hurt in process.] Last week Boston Mayor Kevin White met with white parents. [White PARENT - expresses daughter's feelings on blacks in school.] [WHITE - says this is toughest period for Boston.] [At meeting with white students, Police Captain Arthur CATTAGAN - appreciates reaction, but doesn't want anyone hurt.]
REPORTER: Richard Hunt

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Hunt, Richard
Duration:
00:02:50

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