Share your story of Boston School Desegregation on Saturday, 9/13

This Friday, September 12, is the 40th anniversary of the beginning of school desegregation– it was the first day of school in 1974 after Judge Arthur W. Garrity’s decision in Morgan v. Hennigan, the response to which touched off episodes of violence and fear throughout the city.

To commemorate the day, The Union of Minority Neighborhoods is setting up ‘listening stations’ around Boston (including at the Egleston Farmers Market this Saturday!) in order to record a wide variety of stories and to examine what happened then.

They will use residents’ stories and memories from that time to see how these stories connect to our present and future as a city and the ongoing struggle for race and class equity, democratic access and excellence in our public institutions.

Come, share your oral histories! Help us change the way we understand what happened back then, and imagine how we can build a better public school system, and city, for our children today.

And while you’re at it, shop for fresh local peaches, apples, veggies, meat, fish, eggs, bread and more at Egleston Farmers Market from 10am-2pm.

The market is at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall, 45 Brookside Avenue, JP. For more info, visit www.eglestonfarmersmarket.org