Description : RUTH BATSON INTERVIEW TALKS ABOUT JOINING PARENTS FEDERATION; THE PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO TRY TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR BLACK KIDS. ABOUT THE MOVEMENT OF  KIDS TO OTHER SCHOOLS. WENT TO SEE THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE WHO REJECTED   US AS WE LEFT BATTLE-SCARRED.
Notes : REEL ID 4044-7
Description : RUTH BATSON INTERVIEW WHEN WE LEFT THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOM WE REALIZED WE HAD CONFRONTED THIS UNIQUE POLITICAL BODY. IT WAS ALWAYS USED AS A STEPPING STONE TO  A HIGHER OFFICE. MEMBERS WERE UNPAID. VERY SELDOM REAL EDUCATIONAL ISSUES DISCUSSED.
Description : RUTH BATSON INTERVIEW. THE GARRITY DECISION CAME OUT; WE WERE SUNK. WE KNEW THE PEOPLE IN     CHARLESTOWN AND SOUTH BOSTON WOULD NOT BE RECEPTIVE TO OUR CHILDREN IN IN THEIR AREA. TALKS ABOUT RIDING THE BUSES.
Description : RUTH BATSON INTERVIEW GROWING UP IN BOSTON, MY PARENTS WERE FROM JAMAICA MY MOTHER WAS A     GARVEYITE. RACIAL ISSUES CONSTANTLY DISCUSSED. THERE WERE FLAWS IN THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY.