Election poster for Mel King and Arthur Gartland.

Item Information

Title:
Election poster for Mel King and Arthur Gartland.
Description:
This flyer details the current state of the School Committee, and asks people to vote for two candidates to replace them. This tactic started early in the movement as a way to have better, more sympathetic committee members to help work on the issue of racial imbalance.
Creator:
Better Schools for Boston Committee
Date:
September 1963
Format:
Documents
Genre:
printed ephemera
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Collection (local):
Frank J. Miranda papers (M112)
Subjects:
African Americans--Education--Massachusetts--Boston
Public schools--Massachusetts--Boston
Race relations
Gartland, Arthur J.
King, Melvin H.
Boston (Mass.). School Committee
Better Schools for Boston Committee
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 page
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20128491
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Publisher:
Better Schools for Boston Committee
Language:
English
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by Frank Miranda.
Identifier:
m112b1f16_009