Article 6QM79 50 years ago, Chinese students were an underserved afterthought in Boston's busing crisis

50 years ago, Chinese students were an underserved afterthought in Boston's busing crisis

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editors@theworld.org (Phillip Martin)
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In September 1974, television viewers around the world watched news footage from Boston of angry white residents throwing rocks and bottles at yellow school buses. Black students were being bused from their neighborhoods to South Boston High School under a court-ordered desegregation plan. But across town, another story was playing out in the shadows: Chinese students were also being bused across the city to attend segregated classrooms. GBH's Phillip Martin has the story.

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