Tag: desegregation

One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Use Art To Know The Problem We All Live With

By Sara McCabe Vice President of Campus Services I remember being very young the first time my mom took me to the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass. It was 33 years ago, and I can still vividly remember staring at the painting of Ruby Bridges. I was conflicted, feeling both intrigued and confused. She…
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One Anti-Racist Action You Can Take Today: Learn The History of School Desegregation

By Eric L. Masi, Ed.D President & CEO Many in Massachusetts remember or have studied the horrible stories of school desegregation in Boston. I didn’t grow up here but experienced a different kind of desegregation when I lived in Arlington, Virginia in the mid-1960s. In the fall of 1965, I started eighth grade at Gunston…
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