Kenneth Haskins: oral history with Monty Neill

Item Information

Title:
Kenneth Haskins: oral history with Monty Neill
Description:
From a series of audio recordings with members of Boston's Black community about the busing crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s. An educator and school principal, Haskins joined the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1974, later serving as President of Roxbury Community College (1978-1984). Discussion of the desegregation effort in Boston, "quality" education; integration, racism, and political manipulation; changes in Boston schools.
Interviewee:
Haskins, Kenneth, 1923-1994
Interviewer:
McNeill, D. Monty
Date:
January 30, 1986
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Genre:
Audiocassettes
Oral histories (document genres)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
D. Monty Neill Collection
Subjects:
African Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Boston (Mass.)--History--1900--1999
Boston (Mass.)--Politics and government--1900--1999
Civil rights movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston
Public schools--Massachusetts--Boston
Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston--History
Boston (Mass.). School Committee
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 audio recording ; 01:33:53
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums1061-i011
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Boston, Mass.
Language:
English
Identifier:
mums1061-i011