Before busing: a history of Boston's long Black freedom struggle
The origins of slavery, freedom, and Jim Crow in the cradle of liberty, 1638-1896 -- Boston confronts Jim Crow North, 1896-1934 -- Small victories on the way to freedom, 1934-1945 -- Mobilizing for freedom: community-based activism in the post-World War II era, 1949-1965 -- Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm proud, 1967-1970 -- Boston, not Birmingham: busing as Boston's "Reconstruction," 1965-1988.