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 [First day of school at Charlestown High School] Original Airdate: 9/8/1975 Length: 00:10:24 Item Type: newstape - original footage Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Footage of the first day of school at Charlestown High School during Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Media crews are gathered at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument to cover the arrival of buses. Helicopter noise is audible. A school bus accompanied by a police officer on motorcycle pulls up in front of the school. Students, mostly African American, exit the bus. The bus pulls away and police line the street in front of the school. A second bus pulls up. The students exit the bus and head to the entrance of the school. Students and teachers inside the school look out the window at the activity on the street.
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - First day of school Busing for school integration - Police patrol Busing for school integration - School buildings and classrooms Busing for school integration - Students Charlestown High School Police patrol Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Police Department MDC (Metropolitan District Commission) Police Department Subject : Geographic Locations Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Unedited |
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