(Dis)integration

In this bonus episode of (Dis)integration, Valerie Wencis speaks to Joan Diver, who was featured in J. Anthony Lukas' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families."

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Valerie Wencis

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In this bonus episode of (Dis)integration, Jesse Remedios explores the lasting legacy of Malcolm X and his connection to the city of Boston.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Jesse Remedios

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of (Dis)integration, Valerie Wencis speaks to Rachel Twymon, who was 12 years old when busing began in Boston and who was featured in J. Anthony Lukas' Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families."

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Valerie Wencis

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

Public art depicting historical figures have been a major point of contention for the last few years. Statues of Confederate generals and even Boston's own Christopher Columbus statue have come under fire for portraying racist and bigoted people. On this episode of (Dis)integration, Melissa Ellin looks at what is being done to change the face of Boston through public art.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Melissa Ellin

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

Providence, Rhode Island, Asheville, North Carolina, and Evanston, Illinois. These cities have something in common: all of them have proposed — and in some cases, put funding towards — reparations for Black residents. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Vanessa Bartlett explores what's being done in a few communities across the country and how reparations might look in Boston. 

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Vanessa Bartlett

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

A 2015 poll found that the median income of white families in Boston is a quarter of a million dollars. The median income of Black Bostonians? Eight dollars.  In this episode of (Dis)integration, Jenny Kornreich looks beyond these statistics for remedies to the staggering wealth gap.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Jenny Kornreich

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

Nearly 50 years after the integration of Boston Public Schools began, the demographics of the school system are still changing. On this episode of (Dis)integration, Rachel Gottlieb speaks with three Boston Public Schools teachers about life in the classrooms today.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Rachel Gottlieb

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of (Dis)integration, Marla Hiller discusses the new type of integration Boston Public Schools is implementing: the integration of the city and the suburbs.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Marla Hiller

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

Unlike most major cities and towns across the country, Boston's School Committee isn't elected by Bostonians. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Shannon Sollitt explores how this anomaly happened and what might come next. 

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Shannon Sollitt

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

One of the most iconic image of busing in Boston is "The Soiling of Old Glory," a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph that seemingly shows a white man using an American flag to stab a Black man. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Luciano Cesta speaks with Stanley Forman, who took the photo in 1976, about its legacy.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Luciano Cesta

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

The desegregation of Boston Public Schools quickly became a national media frenzy, capturing the drama and chaos of busing firsthand. On this episode of (Dis)integration, Maya Jones speaks with two Black reporters, Garry Armstrong and Katherine Kennedy, who reported on the story as it unfolded. 

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Maya Jones

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

Busing in Boston is often considered a battle between Black and white people in the city of Boston. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Shwetha Surendran explores the experiences of those who were neither Black nor white: Asian American students in Chinatown.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Shwetha Surendran

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In Episode 6, Valerie Wencis introduced Rachel Twymon, who was one of the subjects featured in J. Anthony Lukas' Pultizer Prize-winning book "Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families." In this episode of (Dis)integration, she introduces Lisa McGoff, who was also featured in "Common Ground," and who now works in the Boston Public School System.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Valerie Wencis

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

On this episode of (Dis)integration, Harper Wayne investigates the trauma endured by students who were bused in Boston.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Harper Wayne

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

While busing became the face of desegregation in Boston, public housing also underwent desegregation. One of these, East Boston's Maverick public housing development, was integrated as early as the 1960s. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Abou Kamara speaks with one Black student who lived in the Maverick Street Public Housing Development during the time of busing. 

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Abou Kamara

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of (Dis)integration, Marla Hiller speaks to some of the architects of the plan to desegregate Boston Public Schools through busing and how that plan came to be.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Jesse Remedios and Valerie Wencis

Reporter: Marla Hiller

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

The activism of the NAACP and Ruth Batson, who was introduced in Episode 2, eventually led to a 1974 federal trial. The presiding judge was W. Arthur Garrity, Jr. In this episode of (Dis)integration, Marla Hiller explores Judge Garrity's plan to desegregate Boston Public Schools, and how one flaw in the plan helped contribute to the violent history of busing in Boston.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Jesse Remedios and Valerie Wencis

Reporter: Marla Hiller

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In this episode of (Dis)integration, Jesse Remedios talks about the activists who fought for civil rights for Black Bostonians long before the busing crisis, focusing on one in particular: Ruth Batson.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Jesse Remedios and Valerie Wencis

Reporter: Jesse Remedios

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod

In the inaugural episode of (Dis)integration, Bart Tocci gets into the history of slavery and segregation in Boston leading up to the desegregation of Boston Public Schools in the 1970s.

(Dis)integration is a production of Podcasting 101 at Boston University's College of Communication.

Hosts: Valerie Wencis and Jesse Remedios

Reporter: Bart Tocci

Executive Producer: Anne Donohue

Series Audio Producer: Ali Audet

Music: Pulse by Kevin MacLeod