Description

Boston's racial history remains centered on a school "busing" narrative that renders the Latino community invisible and often erases grassroots activism. Latino families, particularly working-class mothers, have always been active organizers in the fight for educational justice. Dr. Cruz examines the long history of Latina/o educational organizing in the 1960s and 1970s driven by ideas of community control and the right to bilingual education; the racialization of Latina/o/x students in schools; and the impact of court-ordered desegregation on the movement.

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