Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout (1964)
List of Freedom Schools (1964)
To protest the Boston School Committee’s denial of de facto segregation in Boston public schools, African American students attended Freedom Schools that were set up in churches and community centers throughout the city. Here, they studied African American history, the civil rights movement, and non-violent resistance. The materials below concern the second Stayout for Freedom boycott on February 26, 1964. The first boycott was held on June 18, 1963. From the Phyllis M. Ryan papers.
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Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
1964-01
1964-01
Boston public schools
Education reform
Desegregation
Boston public schools
Education reform
Desegregation
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20247015
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Boston public schools
Education reform
Desegregation
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
statement on the proposed boston school stayout
1964/01/01
Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout
1964-01
Boston public schools
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
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CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS January 24, 1964 Statement on the Proposed Boston School Stayout Prominent officials have condemned the proposed Boston school stayout on February 11, 1964 (now postponed to February 26) as a violation of the school attendance laws. A careful reading of the law fails to support such blanket condemna- tion; it is by no means clear that children who stay out of school with their par~ ents' consent in order to dramatize and protest a social ill which directly affects their welfare and which constitutes a denial of their constitutional rights are in any true sense of the term law-breakers. In keeping with our democratic traditions, the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has always supported the right of peace• ful protest to secure legitimate demands; that category. the school stayout clearly falls within Racially segregated schools are a social evil. Since the issue of segregated schools comes within its domain and is within its power to correct, the matter has been before the Boston School Committee for many momths. Many attempts have been made by the persons adversely affected to resolve this issue through normal channels of communication; it remains unresolved. tee will not even agree that the issue exists. Indeed, the School Commit- Under these circumstances, resort to a stayout becomes a reluctant but legitimate attempt to emphasize the importance and the urgency of the issue of school segregation. We see no legitimate basis for objection to the choice which the organizers, parents and children have made. Parents who accept the proposal to keep their children out of school on that day, and the children themselves, in our judgment, will be acting properly within the tradition of peaceful and responsible protest which is protected, indeed encouraged, by the Bill of Rights. �
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