Boston Against Busing: Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the 1960s and 1970s

A book by Ronald P. Formisano.

"During the fall of 1974 shocking images of racial bigotry and violence emerged from Boston, that graceful, cosmopolitan city known for the excellence of its educational, cultural, and scientific institutions, a city once called 'the Athens of America.' As court-ordered desegregation of the public schools began, entailing intensive busing of both black and white pupils, racial conflict that had been escalating for over a decade overflowed into the streets and schools."