MARCH AGAINST
RACISM MAY 17
UNITED STATES
TOP ACIST LENC OSTON Since the opening of the school year in the city of Boston, the Black community there has been the target of racist attacks centered on trying to prevent the busing of Black students to white schools, a measure that had been ordered by the courts to desegregate the city schools. There has been almost daily intimidation of Blacks, the racist offensive sometimes reaching the level of lynch action. The mobilization of racist sentiment in Boston soon became a national political issue, and the Black and left movements began to respond. On December 14, more than 12,000 people participated in a National March Against Racism held in Boston. After the march, a group of about 250 students met and called for a national student conference against racism to be held in Boston on February 14. 46
KEEP THE BUSES ROLLING.. DESEGREGATE BOSTON SCHO That conference was attended by 2,000 people, who voted to establish an ongoing organization, the National Student Coalition Against Racism (NSCAR). The new organization decided at its conference to support a national march on Boston May 17, which was called by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the oldest civil rights group in the United States (founded in 1909). The demands for the march adopted by the NSCAR were "Desegregate the Boston schools now! Keep the buses rolling! Stop the racist attacks on Black students! " On April 4, the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, the NSCAR will begin a six-week campaign of local actions and educational activity leading up to the May 17 march.