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Stay Out For Freedom; Reaction to Boycott Report; Reaction to Boycott Report [2 of 2]
Part of From the Vault. Part of Boston’s 1960s Civil Rights Movement: A Look Back.
06/18/1963
In June 1963 the Education Committee of the Boston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) presented the Boston School Committee with a 14-Point Proposal to end de facto segregation in the public schools. The contentious and failed negotiations precipitated a series of nonviolent, direct action demonstrations in Boston, not the least of which was the June 18, 1963 Stay Out for Freedom Day. The Massachusetts Freedom Movement, co-chaired by Rev. James Breeden, St. James Episcopal Church and Noel Day, Director, St. Marks Social Center, called for a Stay Out for Freedom direct action whereby Black junior and senior high school students would attend Freedom Schools rather than the Boston public schools. WGBH interviewed local Stay Out organizers, participants, and community residents for an assessment of the Freedom Stay Out days activities. Rev. James Breeden provided comments regarding the success of the Stay Out and future plans for the Freedom Movement. Rev. Cornelius Hastie, St. James Episcopal Church and Otto Snowden Director of the Freedom House, a social service agency, discussed their rides throughout the city in a Boston Police cruiser to the affected junior and senior high schools to observe activities; which they both characterized as peaceful. Boston University student, Julian Houston discussed the work of the Boston Freedom Movement, the Northern Student Movement and the consequences of a segregated society. In addition, the Reaction to Boycott Report includes short interviews with Roxbury junior and high school students regarding their perspective on the Stay Out for Freedom Day. Perhaps of special note for the WGBH-FM listening audience was the comments by Boston Celtics star, Bill Russell, who also addressed the students at the St. Marks Freedom School earlier in the day. Summary and select metadata for this record was submitted by Audrea Dunham. PART 2 of 2- Days Freedom School, Reaction to Stay Out
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- Series
- Stay Out For Freedom
- Program
- Reaction to Boycott Report
- Title
Reaction to Boycott Report [2 of 2]
- Series Description
Radio series. Series release date: 1963
- Program Description
Radio
- Duration
00:20:12
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Audio
- Subjects
- African Americans-Educational Opportunities
- Stay Out for Freedom Day
- African Americans-Human Rights
- Freedom Schools
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Race Relations-Nonviolent Direct Action
- Race Relations-Northern Discrimination
- Race Relations-De facto Segregation
- Politics-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People/Boston School Committee Negotiations
- African Americans-Structural Racism
- African Americans-Civil Rights
- Roxbury, Massachusetts
- Race Relations-Similarities in discrimination in the North and South
- Civil Rights Era
- Politics-1963 Boston School Committee Election
- African Americans-Social Justice
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Contributors
- Hastie, Cornelius (Interviewee)
- Mascott, Ted (Reporter)
- Russell, Bill (Interviewee)
- Snowden, Otto (Interviewee)
- Ferguson, Andy (Reporter)
- Houston, Julian (Interviewee)
- Breeden, James (Interviewee)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Stay Out For Freedom; Reaction to Boycott Report; Reaction to Boycott Report [2 of 2],” 06/18/1963, GBH Archives, accessed November 20, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_AA92C22B9CD14E0EA30F8CC3137CA152.
- MLA: “Stay Out For Freedom; Reaction to Boycott Report; Reaction to Boycott Report [2 of 2].” 06/18/1963. GBH Archives. Web. November 20, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_AA92C22B9CD14E0EA30F8CC3137CA152>.
- APA: Stay Out For Freedom; Reaction to Boycott Report; Reaction to Boycott Report [2 of 2]. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_AA92C22B9CD14E0EA30F8CC3137CA152