A Timeline of Boston School Desegregation, 1961-1985

June 11, 1963June 14, 1963June 15, 1963June 16, 1963June 17, 1963June 18, 1963June 19, 1963June 20, 1963June 26, 1963July 9, 1963students. Over 7,000 blacks attend segregated schools in Boston at this time.300 black and white Bostonians march on city hall to protest schooldesegregation.Black community leaders plan school boycotts in protest of school conditions.Boston Juvenile Court John J. Connelly warns 500 students under hisjurisdiction to attend school on June 18, citing fines of up to $50 or six monthsin prison for persons causing or encouraging the delinquency of a child.Meeting between Boston School Committee (BSC) and black leaders to avertthe school boycott. Black leaders presented 14 demands to the Committee,including the following:1. Recognition of de facto segregation2. Review of open enrollment plan3. Faculty training in human relations4. Visual aids which represented all races5. Expansion of vocational guidance6. Elimination of discrimination in hiring and placing teachers.7. Investigation into why Boston had no black principals8. Review of intelligence testing9. Right to discuss selection of the new superintendent with Dr. Harold Hunt,an independent consultantThe Catholic Interracial Council of the Archdiocese of Boston released astatement expressing confidence in the sincerity of the planned school boycotts.Gov. Peabody and staff meet with the Boston NAACP concerning boycotts.Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frederick Gillis argues that Boston is notsegregated and that each of the city's schools is integrated.The first “Stay-Out-For-Freedom” school boycott occurs. Protesting schooldesegregation, half of the 5,000 blacks at Boston junior and senior high schoolsstayed out of school. Instead, boycotters attended “Freedom Workshops” at theSt. Mark Social Center. Speakers included the Episcopal Bishop ofMassachusetts, Rt. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.; the Northeast MethodistBishop, Rt. Rev. James K. Mathews and Mr. Bill Russel.BSC member Henry F. Barry accuses Rev. James P. Bresden, an organizer forthe June 18 boycott, of violating state law.BSC approves establishment of a committee of black community leaders to helpcarry out the proposals of the NAACP.The STOP Boycott takes place in Boston. The primary organizer, Hubie Jones,urged all blacks to stay home from work, buy nothing, and not take publictransportation.BSC takes first steps toward forming a committee of community members toaddress problems at Roxbury and South End schools. Invitees for committeemembership included Irene Robinson, Paul Parks, Archie Williams, Theodore4