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Turmoil and Transition in Boston: A Political Memoir from the Busing Era

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Turmoil and Transition in Boston: A Political Memoir from the Busing Era - DiCara, Lawrence S., and Black, Chris
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Turmoil and Transition in Boston tells the personal and political story of Larry DiCara, the youngest person ever elected to the Boston City Council. DiCara's story is intimately woven into the fate of his hometown of Boston. Then a federal court order mandating busing to achieve racial integration in the public schools ripped apart his city. DiCara shows how public policy decisions and economic and demographic changes from that time transformed Boston into one of America's most diverse, affluent, and successful cities in ...

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Turmoil and Transition in Boston: A Political Memoir from the Busing Era 2013, Hamilton Books, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9780761861829

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