METCO Inc. Materials
name: label: Creator
content: Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.)
place: label: Place
content: Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions
label: Place
content: Massachusetts -- 20th century
label: Place
content: Massachusetts -- 21st century
topic: label: Topic
content: Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston Metropolitan Area
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: School integration
label: Topic
content: Schools
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by METCO Inc., through Jean McGuire, Director, 2016
creator: label: Creator
content: Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.)
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content: METCO Inc. Materials
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Racial Imbalance Act of 1965 was passed by the Massachusetts General Court. It made the segregation of public schools illegal in Massachusetts, and stated that any public school in the Commonwealth whose student body was composed of over 50% of minority races was "racially imbalanced." The Boston School Committee was required to achieve "the complete integration of the Boston Public Schools" before September 1966. Significant civil unrest followed court-ordered busing to achieve the aims of this legislation, especially during the years 1974-1976. Against this background, METCO was started in 1966. METCO's mission was to enable voluntary integration in public schools in Metropolitan Boston, by enabling students who lived in the city to attend schools in the more affluent suburban areas, and provide better educational opportunities for minority students.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (1 box, 8 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 - 2014
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1410
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Handbooks
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Handbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes: annual METCO Parent Handbooks which detailed the services METCO provided and provided other information for parents of children attending the METCO supported schools, 1977-2004; event programs from METCO gatherings, 2007-2014; flyers and handouts; and posters, including 7 hand-made posters created to be displayed at meetings, featuring photographs and articles on some of the school districts METCO served.