#james hennigan

[pubgoer]

Sipping in Style: Fictional Characters and Their Signature Drinks

Fictional characters often become iconic not just for their actions and words, but also for their unique tastes and habits. One such habit that stands out is their choice of drink. These beverages often show their personalities, adding depth and flavour to their stories. Let’s take a look at some of the most memorable drinks enjoyed by our favourite fictional characters. James Bond – Vodka…

[todaysdocument]

Memorandum to the Court of the Inadvisability of the Use of National Guard Forces in the Event of Urban Civil Disorders and Unrest

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Tallulah Morgan et al v. James W. Hennigan et al Civil Action Case File # 72-0911

State Police

U.S. Marshals

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DIST. OF MASS.

FILED IN OPEN COURT

DATE: OCT 16 1974 10:04 am

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

TALLULAH MORGAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs

v.

JOHN J. KERRIGAN, et al.,

Defendants

CIVIL ACTION

No. 72-911-G

DOCKETED

MEMORANDUM TO THE COURT ON THE INADVISABILITY OF THE USE OF NATIONAL GUARD FORCES IN THE EVENT OF URBAN CIVIL DISORDERS AND UNREST

The purpose of this memorandum is to bring to the attention of the Court quickly and succinctly, by citations to published authority, namely: "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders" 1967 (The Kerner Report) and "The Report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest" 1970 (The Scranton Report), the overwhelming conclusion that the use of National Guard forces in past cases of civil disorder and unrest was not the appropriate and correct public safety procedure to use but, in fact, was a cause, in itself, of further disorder, confusion, violence and death. [complete document and transcription at link]

[fearsmagazine]

In the dark horror comedy BAD WITCH we are introduced to Xander Perkins, played by actor Chris Kozlowski. You might say that Xander is addicted to the dark arts and his abuse has led to one disaster after another. As a result of his abuse of black magic, Xander seeks refuge at his childhood friend’s home and promises to give up the craft. Unfortunately, Xander befriends a young loner, Roland, and he once again takes up witchcraft to help the lad with bullies, girlfriends, and other teenage atrocities.

James Hennigan stars in the film as Henry Hunter, Xanders’s childhood friend. Hennigan also wrote the screenplay for BAD WITCH and serves as the film’s Producer and Unit Production Manager. This is Hennigan’s third feature film screenplay to be produced, and he has appeared in those projects as well. In addition to writing, acting, and producing, Hennigan directed his screenplay for the 2017 release “Deviance.”

BAD WITCH Review: https://fearsmag.com/post/649560690255904768/bad-witch-review

[cultfaction]

Bad Witch trailer released

Bad Witch trailer released

Xander is a witch whose abuse of black magic has led him to disaster after disaster. After trying to go clean of witchcraft, Xander befriends a young loner, helping Roland with bullies, girlfriends, and other teenage atrocities. Chris Kozlowski, Jackson Trent, Clare Lefebure, and James Hennigan star in a film by Joshua Land and Victor Fink. Bad Witch available On Demand April 27th 2021 from…

[wrestlingisfake]

Mania Weekend: Thursday March 31

I'm trying to map out all the minor-league shows that will be running in Dallas over Wrestlemania weekend. There's a lot! This post will just cover Thursday, so check back later for the rest.

Since I won't be in Dallas, I'm just focusing on the ones that I know will be streaming live. I'll call out some of the matches that catch my eye, but for the full card I recommend googling each show or checking the promotion's Twitter feed.

Glory Pro Wrestling: Cemetery Gates [The Collective]

12pm EDT (11am CDT) - $12.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)

Glory Pro is an indy promotion that mainly runs in the St. Louis/East St. Louis area. I mainly hear about them because of Davey Richards and WARHORSE, but they're also turning out a lot of up-and-coming Black wrestlers like Tootie Lynn and Mike Outlaw. I believe this is their first Mania weekend show so I hope they do well.

Josh Alexander vs. WARHORSE

Davey Richards & Rocky Romero vs. Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett

Jake Something vs. Max the Impaler

Tootie Lynn vs. Janai Kai

Mike Outlaw vs. Bryan Keith

and more!

GCW: Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 8

4pm EDT (3pm CDT) - $19.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)

I've never actually checked out Bloodsport before. As I understand it, it's meant to be a hybrid of MMA and pro wrestling that emphasizes grappling and strikes without all the flips and dives. If you dig Jon Moxley and Minoru Suzuki matches, you'll probably love this shit.

Jon Moxley vs. Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan)

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson

Josh Barnett vs. JONAH (Bronson Reed)

Marina Shafir vs. Zeda Zhang

John Hennigan (John Morrison) vs. Simon Grimm (Simon Gotch)

Masha Slamovich vs. Janai Kai

and more!

AAA Invades WrestleCon

6pm EDT (5pm CDT) - $14.99 on Fite or part of the WrestleCon bundle ($74.99 for 5 shows)

The top promotions in Mexico are CMLL, which is entrenched in traditional lucha, and AAA, which goes all out with ridiculous overbooked clusterfucks. Do you enjoy heel referees, fucky finishes, scary dives, endless run-ins, false advertising, and unprofessional conduct? Well, even if you don't, AAA has a certain car-crash appeal.

Psycho Clown vs. Black Taurus

AAA cruiserweight title: Laredo Kid vs. Flamita vs. Bandido

NWA tag title: Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf vs. Aero Star & Drago

and more!

GCW: Joey Janela's Spring Break 6, Part 1

9pm EDT (8pm CDT) - $19.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)

This is the centerpiece of GCW's sprawling empire of Mania weekend shows. I've never watched a JJSB but I've always spent Mania weekend hearing all about it. I expect at least one deathmatch on this show, but for the most part this looks like it'll be more about big names than blood 'n' guts.

GCW world title: Jon Moxley vs. AJ Gray

Joey Janela vs. X-Pac

Mickie James vs. Allie Katch

GCW tag title: Nick Gage & Matt Tremont vs. Mark Briscoe & Jay Briscoe vs. Mance Warner & Matthew Justice

GCW ultraviolent title: Alex Colon vs. John Wayne Murdoch

and more!

WrestleCon: Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow

9pm EDT (8pm EDT) - $14.99 on Fite or part of the WrestleCon bundle ($74.99 for 5 shows)

WrestleCon has been a fan convention over Mania weekend since 2013, and the Supershow since 2014. The show was renamed in 2018 to honor Mark Hitchcock, a member of the con's team. This show is running head-to-head with JJSB, which should get more buzz, but this one's arguably got the biggest star power of the night. Incredibly, the Briscoes are booked for both events, which are three miles apart, so I guess somebody's going to give them a ride.

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Timothy Thatcher

Minoru Suzuki vs. Biff Busick (Oney Lorcan)

Athena (Ember Moon) vs. Mia Yim

Johnny WrestleCon (John Morrison) vs. Taya Valkyrie (Frankie Monet)

Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe vs. Homicide & Low Ki

Bandido vs. Mike Bailey

and more!

Control Your Narrative: The Awakening

9pm EDT (8pm CDT) - Free (with ads) on Pro Wrestling TV

After EC3 was released from WWE he turned "Control your narrative" into a catchphrase, a mantra, and now a wrestling promotion. This isn't CYN's first show, but it's gotten a lot of negative buzz, due to its weird rules and the booking of problematic wrestlers like Austin Aries. (There was also a crazy Reddit post claiming the whole thing is a right-wing operation backed by Donald Trump, which is absurd, but the upshot is that a lot of people are rooting for EC3 to fail.)

I've read this will be exclusive to a new streaming venture called Pro Wrestling TV, which tweeted that the show will be free. But PWTV's site is very short on details, which isn't very promising. We'll see what happens.

EC3 & Adam Scherr (Braun Strowman) vs. Damo (Killian Dain) & Erick Redbeard (Erick Rowan)

Westin Blake (Wesley Blake) vs. Austin Aries

Dirty Dango (Fandango) vs. Flip Gordon

Killer Kross (Karrion Kross) vs. Vincent Marseglia

and more (maybe?)

GCW: Planet Death

12:59am EDT (11:59 CDT) - $12.99 on Fite or part of The Collective bundle (12 shows for $139.99)

GCW loves doing these midnight shows. This looks to be the real deathmatch show, for anybody who thinks there isn't enough broken glass on the rest of the lineup. I'm not familiar with anybody announced for the card, so I take that to mean they're deathmatch specialists that make Nick Gage look tame.

Hoodfoot vs. Mad Man Pondo

Slade vs. Bam Sullivan

Shane Mercer vs. Neil Diamond Cutter

Sawyer Wreck vs. Brandon Kirk

and more!

[bluecollarfilm]

Dave Made a Maze (2017)

An unaccomplished and frustrated artist builds a cardboard box fort in his living room and winds up trapped with a gang of oddball explorers in a fantasy world of his own creation, threatened by booby traps and a bloodthirsty Minotaur.

Directed by:   Bill Watterson

Starring:   Nick Thune, Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Adam Busch, James Urbaniak, Timothy Nordwind, Stephanie Allynne, Kirsten Vangsness, Frank Caeti, Scott Krinsky, John Hennigan, Rick Overton

Release date:   August 18, 2017

[riversidearchives]

Today, for National Proofreading Day, we bring you this example of civil case 72-911, from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, to showcase what may happen due to lack of proofreading. Federal District Court Judge, Hon. W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., explains why counsel did not receive copies of memorandums because there was a lack of the documents being proofread. He says “there were some typographical errors that really changed the sense of it,” and “it has been necessary to redo some of the pages.” These documents had to be recopied, resubmitted, and reinserted into the filing. If they had a review procedure in place, this may not have happened.

File Unit: Document # 992T, 6/6/1975.  Series: Tallulah Morgan et al. vs James W. Hennigan et al. Case File, 1972 - 1995.  Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009.  (National Archives Identifier 132148313). 

[twins2994]

Australian Baseball League Preview

The Australian Baseball League kicks off later this week and I wanted to preview all six teams in the winter league. The league will play a 24-game schedule this season with two teams withdrawing for the 2020-21 season. 

Adelaide Giants (26-14)

Notable Players: RHP Jason Lott, RHP Todd Van Steensel, RHP Kyle Glogoski, LHP Jonathan Hennigan, C Colby Fitch, OF Kendall Simmons OF Grant Little, OF Aaron Whitefield

The Adelaide Giants lost in the Championship Series last year in the ABL. Jason Lott was a key reliever on the Giants last year with a 2.01 ERA in eighteen games. Jonathan Hennigan is a hard throwing left-hander in the Phillies organization. Todd Van Steensel is a name that Twins fans might remember. He pitched for six seasons in the Twins minor league system. He also pitched for the St. Paul Saints in 2019. Colby Fitch was a good defensive catcher at Louisville in college. Kendall Simmons provides a ton of raw power. Grant Little is a great defensive outfielder, who can hit a little. Aaron Whitefield made his Major League debut with the Twins this year and is a speedy outfielder. 

Brisbane Bandits (19-21)

Notable Players: LHP Ken Frosch, RHP Ryan Searle, RHP Tim Atheron, LHP Travis Blackley, C Jeremy Martinez, IF Logan Wade, SS Wes Darvill, OF Johnny Field, 

The Brisbane Bandits finished in third place of the Northeast Division and missed the playoffs last year. Ken Frosch was a good reliever for the St. Paul Saints for three seasons and posted a 2.47 ERA in the American Association. Ryan Searle is a long time minor leaguer and was on the Australian national baseball team for a long time. He pitched in the Team Australia games against the Dodgers and Diamondbacks in 2014. Tim Atherton was in the Twins minor league system for three seasons. Travis Blackley pitched for five different MLB teams. Jeremy Martinez played for the Saints in 2019 and hit .284. Logan Wade is an ex-Twin farmhand. Wes Darvill is one of the best shortstops in the American Association. Johnny Field has some Major League time and spent part of the 2018 season with the Twins. Dave Nilsson is the manager for Brisbane and coaches his sons Mitch and Jacob on the team. 

Canberra Calvary (20-20)

Notable Players: RHP JJ Hoover, LHP Steven Kent, IF Gavin Cechinni, IF Zach Wilson, OF Tucker Nathans

The Canberra Calvary finished second in the Northeast Division last season. They won the wild-card game then lost to the Adelaide Giants in the semi-final series. JJ Hoover is a seven-year MLB veteran with a 4.17 career ERA. Gavin Cechinni was a long-time Red Sox prospect. Outfielder Tucker Nathans is keeping his baseball dream alive at thirty-three years old. Zach Wilson was in the Yankees organization and has spent the last five seasons in independent baseball. 

Melbourne Aces (23-17)

Notable Players: LHP Brian Flynn, IF Damek Tomscha, DH Delmon Young, OF Colin Willis

The Melbourne Aces won the ABL Championship last year behind Delmon Young, Shane Robinson, Collin Willis, Luke Hughes, and Allan de San Miguel. Delmon Young hit .345 with 13 homers and 42 RBI’s in 40 games last year. Damek Tomscha was one of the best power hitters in all of the American Association this past summer. Colin Willis hit .427 last year for Melbourne. Brian Flynn has pitched in over 100 ballgames at the Major League level. The Aces certainly have the offense to defend their championship this winter. 

Perth Heat (23-17)

Notable Players: IF Robbie Glendenning, SS Abeizel Ramirez, IF Ford Proctor, OF Shane Sasaki, RHP Dylan Unsworth 

The Perth Heat were eliminated in the wild-cart game last year. Robbie Glendenning led the ABL with 52 hits last season. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent seven players to the Heat this winter. Shortstop Abeizel Ramirez is just twenty-years old, but a good prospect. Ford Proctor hit .346 in the Eastern League in independent ball this past summer. Shane Sasaki was taken in the third round of the 2019 MLB Draft. Dylan Unsworth led the ABL with six wins on the year. 

Sydney Blue Sox (16.5-23.5)

Notable Players: DH Manny Ramirez, LHP Lachlan Wells, OF Cam Gibson, IF Carlos Cortes, OF Jacob Robson

The Sydney Blue Sox were the second-worst team in the league last winter, so what do they do? They sign Manny Ramirez, who hasn’t played since the 2014-15 Dominican Winter League. The 48-year old will DH for the Blue Sox and provide some interest among baseball fans across the globe. Lachlan Wells has been a Twins prospect for a few years and owns a 3.02 ERA over four minor league seasons. Cam Gibson is the son of Kirk Gibson. I remember watching him at the 2015 Big Ten Baseball Tournament with Michigan State. Carlos Cortes is a Mets prospect. Jacob Robson played at AAA Toledo in 2019 and hit nine home runs. 

Overall, this should be a fun league to watch this winter if you want more baseball. The Twins have so many ties to Australia since they signed a ton of players in the 1990′s. Remember the names of Grant Balfour, Liam Hendriks, Brad Thomas, Luke Hughes, Trent Oeltjen, James Beresford, Lewis Thorpe, Aaron Whitefield, and Glenn Williams. If you don’t know the story of Glenn Williams then look it up. I believe I was at two of his thirteen career games. Manny Ramirez and Delmon Young add some big names in what should be a fun small winter season. 

-Chris Kreibich-

[todaysdocument]

Letter and Summary Report of Incidents of Intimidation of Teachers during the Desegregation of South Boston High School and the Abrahams School

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Tallulah Morgan et al v. James W. Hennigan et al Civil Action Case File # 72-0911

Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle & Wanger

Counsellors at Law

Sidney S. Grant (1905-1957) 44 School Street

Samuel E. Angoff Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Albert L. Goldman 723-5500

Robert D. Manning

Warren H. Pyle

E. David Wanger

John F. McMahon

Joseph G. Sandulli

September 6, 1974

Stephen A. Moyhahan, Jr., Esq.

Clerk, U.S. District Court

1525, Post Office Court House

Boston, Massachusetts, 02109

[stamp] DOCKETED

[stamp] FILED [illegible] OFFICE Sep 6 9 23 AM '74 U.S. DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASS

Dear Mr. Moynahan:

There is enclosed a summary report of serious incidents of intimidation of teachers by members of the community, which the Boston Teachers Union requests be transmitted to Judge Garrity prior to the start of today's hearings.

I regret my inability to provide it earlier.

The Martin and Garret incidents have been reported to Ms. Silke Hansen and I anticipate that the Community Relations Service will report on these developments to the Court.

The Boston Teachers Union will request an in-chambers conference to discuss the contents of the report with the Court and parties.

Very truly yours,

John F. McMahon

/lt

Enclosure

cc John Mirick, Esq.

John Leubsdorf, Esq.

Sandra Lynch, Esq.

K. Maloney

338 [green ink]

18

[Complete document and transcription at link]

[fearsmagazine]

BAD WITCH - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures

SYNOPSIS: Xander is a witch whose abuse of black magic has led him to disaster after disaster. After trying to get clean of his witchcraft addiction, Xander befriends a young loner, he tries to assist Roland with bullies, girlfriends, and other teenage atrocities. Can Xander finally take a new path in his pursuit of the dark arts or will his good intentions go awry once again and result in others paying a dreadful price for his spells and conjourings?

REVIEW: BAD WITCH is a supernatural dark comedy that does a splendid job of mixing genres to deliver an entertaining view.

While it is clearly reminiscent of a long tradition of genre comedies like 1958’s “Bell Book and Candle,” 1987’s “The Witches of Eastwick,” or 1998’s “Practical Magic,” BAD WITCH takes a fun and fresh journey into the realm of witchcraft as the lead character Xander struggles with his black magic addiction and a desire to pass along his craft. Even though he is a compulsive practitioner of the black arts, anything that can go wrong does and it ultimately comes back to haunt the character. There are some dark moments and characters do die. Still, their demise seems a bit justified as it is their malicious actions and intentions that mark them for Xander’s spells. The early consequences of Xander’s magic feel a bit cartoonish. However, as the story unfolds the film becomes darker as the non-magical take up arms to put an end to Xander’s witchery.

BAD WITCH is an engaging film due to the solid screenplay, the skillful directing, and a talented cast that do an amazing job of delivering a film that has the feel of a cult classic. It’s a great ensemble cast, but actor Chris Kozlowski steals the show. He has this young Kurt Russell (Disney days)/Bruce Campbell feel that adds a dash, I dare say, of innocence to the role that makes him very likeable. He possesses a natural sense of comic timing that helps sell the film’s lighter moments and works so well with his fellow cast members. Actor James Hennigan, who is also the screenwriter, plays Xander’s friend Henry, who is putting him up while he attempts to deal with his magical addiction and hideout from those who seek his demise for his previous spell castings. When the duo are together bickering their performances have this “Odd Couple” aspect that makes it a pleasure to watch.

BAD WITCH is a clearly well written and well directed dark comedy that is a delightful viewing experience. The tech is solid so the viewer is never distracted from the ride. The talented cast has fun with the material and allows the viewer to relax and have a few laughs. It checks all the right boxes and delivers a good time. Again, a bit darker towards the end, which could be a tad edgy for a younger audience, but certainly something for older teens and up. Especially those who enjoy shows like the “Vampire Diaries,” etc.

CAST: Chris Kozlowski, Jackson Trent, Clare Lefebure, and James Hennigan. CREW: Directors/Cinematographers/Editors - Victor Fink & Joshua Land; Screenplay - James Hennigan; Producers - Dom DiMercurio & Rachel Pollock, Score - Cazz Cerkez; Production Designer - Jari Neuman; Special Makeup Effects Artist - Hannah Fogler. OFFICIAL: N.A. FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/Bad-Witch-Movie-1655286761199731/ TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/CdyI8_ere5Q RELEASE DATE: On Demand April 27th, 2021.

Interview with screenwriter, producer, & actor James James Hennigan: https://fearsmag.com/post/649835460767727616/in-the-dark-horror-comedy-bad-witch-we-are

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike) Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

Dave Made a Maze

Shudder keeps sneaking in films that aren’t really horror, but it doesn’t matter because they’re so darned good. Bill Watterson’s DAVE MADE A MAZE (2017, also on Amazon Prime) is almost manically creative. It’s so filled with ideas, it’s not surprising that not all of them quite fit, but it’s such a giddy delight, you may be tempted to let it pass. Dave (Nick Thune) is a failure at 30. All his bright, creative ideas go nowhere, so he keeps begging for jobs he hates just to keep his head above water. While his girlfriend (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) is away for the weekend, he builds a cardboard fort that turns into a self-sustaining labyrinth complete with booby traps and bloodthirsty minotaur (pro wrestler John Hennigan, best known as John Morrison). When Kumbhani comes home, her efforts to get him out lead to a wild party that spills over into the maze with sometimes deadly effects. Among the interlopers are hangdog best friend Gordon (Adam Busch) and a documentary crew lead by the delightfully deadpan James Ubaniak. The proliferation of objects, or maybe just object, is reminiscent of Ionesco’s plays, but with the spirit of improv comedy. The various spaces are visual wonders. At one point Dave and some of his rescuers go through a series of tubes and come out as cardboard puppets. When a booby trap takes someone out, the wound gushes red paper. There’s a tribute to CITIZEN KANE (1941) that starts funny but wears out its welcome, but for the rest it’s just a garden of cardboard delights. To Watterson and co-writer Sears’ credit, they avoid the pitfall of making Kumbhani the turd in the punchbowl. Though she’s clearly the sensible one in the relationship, you also can see why she stays with Dave. She keeps succumbing to the more charming aspects of the labyrinth, and the actress has a great, goofy smile that lights up the screen whenever she gets sucked into the fun of it all.

[rosendark]

“Will...”

“Yes?”

“Mmmh... your eyes are really pretty... I just want to look at them...”

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Here’s a collab I did with @diidiidoodles of our pairing, William and James jr. She did the sketch and lines and I coloured and shaded. Gurl I swear your lines are absolutely gorgeous I love looking at them <3

we also did another collab where we swapped the roles, so I did the lines and she coloured, but you’ll find that hidden away ewe

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Kickstarting another chapter in "Space Command"

Marc Zicree (writer on Star Trek:TNG, DS9 and more) and friends are kickstarting another volume in their enormously successful fan-funded, "retro and stylish" Space Command science fiction show.

They're looking to raise just $45,000 (they're $24,000+ of the way there) to fund postproduction on the next two half hours of Space Command: Redemption. The cast for these episodes is an impressive, all-star affair, including Doug Jones, Mira Furla, Faran Tahir, Robert Picardo, James Hong, Bill Mumy, Bruce Boxleitner, John Hennigan, Michael Harney, and more. Premiums include downloads, Blu-Rays, and inclusion in the end credits.

https://boingboing.net/2018/07/24/kickstarting-another-chapter-i.html

[ericvick]

How a assembly in Dorchester in 1971 performed a role in a judge's busing ruling

On June 21, 1974, Federal Choose W. Arthur Garrity issued his acquiring that Boston’s faculties were segregated by the actions of the Boston School Committee. He ordered busing as a treatment commencing that September.

There was fierce opposition to the ruling amid several whites in Boston when Black people and youngsters acted with bravery that tumble when rocks pelted their buses on arrival at their new colleges.

The heritage of so-named “busing era” in the middle of the 1970s is a tale of some of the most significant events in Boston in the next 50 percent of the final century.

The suit that began it all – Morgan v. Hennigan – was filed on March 14, 1972. The named plaintiff, Tallulah Morgan, was just one of 15 Black parents with 43 children driving the suit the named defendant was James Hennigan, the chairman of the Boston University Committee.

A major influence on Decide Garrity’s decision happened at a September 20,1971 assembly at the Patrick O’Hearn College (now named the William Henderson Inclusion Faculty) on Dorchester Avenue around St. Mark’s Church and Fields Corner. Some 400 moms and dads, most of them white, crammed the school auditorium though various hundred additional listened exterior.

The impetus for the collecting was a vote taken by the College Committee that yr to overturn a vote it experienced taken in the late 1960s involving the construction of a new school on Talbot Avenue named immediately after a longtime faculty committee member, Joseph Lee.

The faculty experienced obtained distinctive state funding on the issue that it be opened as an built-in faculty, and the University Committee experienced agreed to this at a time when the neighborhoods around the Lee School were being general relatively built-in.

The nearby Franklin Subject and Franklin Hill developments housed mostly Black families and the neighborhood streets close by around Woodrow Avenue and off Norfolk Street had been primarily populated by white citizens. 

But by 1971, those demographics had modified noticeably. In 1968, most of this area was designated by the Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group (BBURG) to permit African Americans to buy residences there, a stunning go on its deal with due to the fact Black households in the city had long been discriminated from when it arrived to home getting. 

Considering that the BBURG system restricted the place its plan could be utilised typically to this place, real estate firms quickly established up offices there and utilized vicious blockbusting tactics to get whites to promote and shift out of the community. The real estate firms’ conspiracy concerned a marketing campaign of doorway-to-door canvassing, mailings, and phone calls to urge white people to promote, stating explicitly that because Blacks have been going in, they wouldn’t get a good rate if they did not provide ideal away.

In just couple decades, the proof of how this malevolent hard work experienced succeeded was stark: Hundreds of whites, a large amount of them Jews from the streets off Blue Hill Avenue, were being absent from the BBURG neighborhoods, leaving the spot predominantly Black and the Lee College no extended a prospect for significantly built-in standing.

In an endeavor to continue to keep the determination to open up the university as built-in, the School Committee arrived up with a program for some white learners from the neighborhoods about the O’Hearn in the St. Mark’s/Fields Corner region and the Emily Fifield University in Codman Sq. to be assigned to the Lee Faculty and some African-American students to be assigned to courses at the O’Hearn and Fifield campuses. The University Committee voted, 3-2, to approve the prepare, which was not probably to be well known with white parents.

Some Black mother and father had been not delighted with their young children staying assigned to a college located as considerably a mile absent from wherever they lived, specifically because the nearby Lee Faculty was manufacturer new, with a particular auditorium for the arts, a massive gymnasium, and other particular options.

Several white moms and dads ended up opposed to obtaining their little ones go to a farther away university in a Black community so that it would open up integrated. Some of this response was driven by worry, some of it by resentment that their children would have to go away their neighborhood faculty, and some of it by racism. 

Black mother and father in basic considered that built-in faculties had been their childrens’ only route to good instruction as overall the colleges in Black neighborhoods had fewer means, less expert academics, and desired a lot more repairs.  But in this circumstance, some of these parents favored a close by new university to getting their children travel farther to integrate one more college.

White dad and mom from sections of Codman Square, the St. Mark’s spot, and Fields Corner quickly organized by themselves and established out to get the College Committee to reverse the final decision.  The Sept. 21 mass meeting at the O’Hearn University was a forum for their enterprise.

All the area (all white) Dorchester politicians were there with the moms and dads….Condition Reps. Paul Murphy and Joseph Walsh, point out Sen. George Kenneally, and then-Congresswoman Louise Working day Hicks. Rev. Leonard Burke, the pastor at St. Matthew’s Church on Stanton Street down from Codman Sq., was a main chief of this energy. 

The focus of the organizers was University Committee member James Craven, who was then operating for City Council. His prospects in that election faced excellent odds considering the fact that he experienced voted for this coverage that experienced white parents up in arms. Craven utilised the celebration to announce that he was changing his vote, a instant greeted by loud cheers since his reversal insured the repeal of the Lee Faculty strategy. Craven claimed he’d originally been supplied fake info on the specifics of the approach, declaring that his candidacy for Metropolis Council, which failed in the finish, had practically nothing to do with his improved vote.

State Education Commissioner Neil Sullivan said he was “completely amazed and considerably disappointed” by the vote to reverse the integration prepare. Congresswoman Day Hicks, the very long-time leader of opposition to college desegregation, said at the conference that she was “delighted to be in this article and choose portion in democracy in motion,” in accordance to a Boston Globe report.

Make sure you take what you may perhaps have experienced or go through about the attitudes and politics that prevailed in 1971 and place yourselves in the sneakers of the white and Black moms and dads (and college students) and think about what you could have carried out in that predicament.

I recall chatting to one particular white parent, Patricia “Pat” Jones, now deceased, who attended this meeting in opposition to the integration approach. A couple of years later on, she labored for the Citywide Education and learning Coalition that attempted to support make the courtroom-requested desegregation begun in 1974 accomplish its purpose.  Not numerous white doing work-course individuals would have related themselves for a team like that in these times.

Black dad and mom submitted the Morgan v. Hennigan fit six months just after these occasions, on March 14, 1972, and the Boston NAACP and the Center for Regulation and Education and learning represented them.

James Hennigan often resented the court docket go well with owning his name on it irrespective of his obtaining voted in favor of the integration plan for the Lee Faculty. As advised in Jim Vrabel’s “A People’s Record of the New Boston,” Hennigan was lamenting: “People stated there was no leadership, but when we tried out to demonstrate management, the individuals did not want it.”  Choose Garrity’s 1974 determination discovering segregation and purchasing busing was appreciably impacted by the University Committee’s reversal in this story of the Lee, O’Hearn, and Fifield schools.

The Boston faculties however assign learners primarily based on the legacy of that courtroom determination. Little ones do not probable go to their neighborhood college, but a single of lots of in a part of the metropolis that they utilize to.  The ugly incidents of racism amidst the protests from busing stained Boston’s standing for many years into the present. 

Mayor Kim Janey created a level to check out the Edwards School in Charlestown on her first working day in office environment. That was wherever she had been bused as a small woman and greeted with racial slurs and rocks as her bus arrived. 

It has now been 50 decades because that Dorchester marketing campaign and meeting proved sizeable in the huge functions we variously connect with busing and desegregation.

Lew Finfer is a Dorchester resident and an organizer for Massachusetts Communities Action Community.

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Opinion of U.S. District Court Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Tallulah Morgan et al v. James W. Hennigan et al Civil Action Case File # 72-0911

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

TALLULAH MORGAN ET AL., )

Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION

v. ) NO. 72-911-G

)

JAMES W. HENNIGAN ET AL., )

Defendants. )

OPINION

June 21, 1974

GARRITY, J. This is a school desegregation case brought by black parents and their children who attend the Boston

public schools. Plaintiffs seek for themselves and on behalf of their class declaratory and injunctive releif against the

defendants for a myriad of acts that allegedly violate the constitutional rights of the plaintiff class. Defendants are the Boston School Committee, its individual members, and the Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (hereinafter

collectively "the city defendants"), and the Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its individual

members, and the Commissioner of Education (hereinafter collectively 'the state defendants.").

Plaintiffs have alleged that the city defendants have intentionally brought about and maintained racial segregation

in the Boston public schools by various actions, including

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The court certified the named plaintiffs as proper representatives of a class of "all black children enrolled in the Boston Public School System and their parents." Thereafter Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, 1973, 413 U.S. 18, 195-198, held that "petitioners are entitled to have schools with a combined predominance of Negroes and Hispanos included in the

category of 'segregated' schools." At the trial, the parties did not frame any issues as to discrimination against non-black minority students, who comprise approximately 7% of Boston's public school population; and in this opinion the term "racial segregation" when unqualified will refer to blacks only. However, at future hearings concerning equitable remedies required to convert the Boston schools from a dual to a unitary system, the Keyes holding will of course be observed and consideration given to the treatment of non-whites other than blacks. [full document and transcription at link]

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