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Dr. J. Keith Motley and Joseph Feaster, Jr.

From the Collection: Pain and Promise: Remembering the Fight for School Integration


In this recording, Dr. J. Keith Motley & Joseph Feaster, Jr. remember their involvement in the implementation of Judge Arthur Garrity’s busing plan in Boston. Joseph tells of his work addressing concerns of Black parents as a member of the NAACP’s Boston branch during the crisis. Dr. Motley, who was a student at Northeastern at the time, recounts the violence and anger he witnessed as busing brought racist fury in Boston to the fore.

 

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