Join us for a live conversation in Boston with sisters Leola Hampton and Linda Starks-Walker Nov 12 at GBH. Details here: www.wgbh.org/events/never-cried-bostons-busing-legacy-film-screening-and-discussion
Thank you so much for bringing this to light. It is so important to hear not just from experts and historians, but also those who lived through these events. Personal narratives are such a critical part of story telling. Watching this, you cant help but feel the heartbreak of those children feeling hated for simply wanting equality.
Thank you GBH News team for sharing this story. It's so important to realize that while this happened 50 years ago in the past, it's still very much a story of the present, and great job highlighting that through sharing the stories of Linda and Leola.
@RufusCheeks-ge3mz THANKS FOR THIS SHARING. WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PAIN ALSO FROM OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO EXPERIENCED GENOCIDE FOR THEIR LAND THAT WAS STOLEN. THE ENSLAVED AFRICANS ONESIMUS WHO TAUGHT AMERICA AND BOSTON IN 1700 ABOUT SMALL POX VACCINATON. ALSO ABOUT THE AFRICAN WHO RODE WITH PAUL REVERE TO ANNOUNCE: THE BRITISH ARE COMING! OUR INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS GAVE SO MUCH AND MUCH WAS STOLEN. THE HEALING AND REPARATIONS NEEDS TO BE RECONIZED INSTEAD OF THIS MANIPULATIVE ERASURE WHICH GENERATES PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO THE FOUNDATION OF THIS U.S.A. ASE
To say that we were traumatized is a understatement the horrible dreams never stop. I do recognize these two beautiful ladies we all went through it together. They look great, but we will never forget ever we were just children being made to go someplace when we didn’t want to and was afraid I’m sorry ladies. We just continue to take these days, one at a time literally!
This was amazing. I grew up poor and white. Lived in mixed neighborhoods and schools. I cannot even imagine treating babies, people as this world has treated our brothers and sisters. Amen
Thanks 🙏🏾 ❤for sharing 😢. May God blessed your hearts. It’s still going on even in NY. My daughter went to Cornell and she had to leave because of racism. I know and I feel your pain. God is good let’s continue to spread love and forgiveness. Love you my sisters. 🙏🏾❤️
The issue was housing discrimination. If they hadn’t refused to let people live anywhere they wanted, there would have been no need to integrate schools. If the neighborhoods were integrated.
@@alliecat1658I’m so sorry to hear that’s been your experience and that you’re not the only one. I hope we can do better in the future. I grew up in a really diverse suburb (malden). It felt a lot less tense than Boston.
@@edvh88 thank you. I live in Chestnut Hill. I’ve also been asked by a white woman, what made me want to live in Chestnut Hill versus Mattapan or Dorchester. Funny thing was that she was not a native Bostonian herself. I find that the racist people that live here now are from the Midwest or one of those states that lack any sort of real diversity like Iowa.
Yes it made me think that people of Irish and Italian ancestry are extremely anti black and I noticed this same behavior was exhibited in NYC towards black people when it came to buying homes in Queens and Brooklyn.
It made and still makes me wonder why I’m the racist. I’ve lived in peace in harmony with my black brothers and sisters in Canton. Mississippi since 1949. Blacks were treated unfair here when I was growing up but as a kid I didn’t even know what to think about that. Now they run the place and that’s fine with me.
NOT ONLY THE 1970s ITS THE ENTIRE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHOSE LAND THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT ON EXPERIENCED GENOCIDE. THAT BLOOD IS CALLING FOR HEALING, THE BLOOD AND NAMES OF OUR AFRICAN ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM THE BRITISH HAVE QUIETLY BEEN ERASED, THE AFRICAN WHO TAUGHT AMERICA AND THE BOSTONIANS ABOUT SMALL POX VACCINATION IN 1700s, AN AFRICAN ALSO RODE WITH PAUL REVERE TO ANNOUNCE: THE BRITISH ARE COMING, ETC. FOR THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SO MUCH WAS GIVEN AND STOLEN AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS MANIPULATIVE CHAOS NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE HEALING AND REPARATIONS CONVERSATION. ASE
I’m glad she found a place, such a nice lady. The situation is really hard in America, is easy to move to other states like Indiana or Texas where the rent is cheap. I love to be outdoors for me to be living in a car is exciting every day is different I enjoy more nature, the ocean I exercise more and save money I do have to be worry about my financial situation, I can go anywhere, I just went for 3 weeks to a trip to South America, I don’t have not bills, not worries out of the matrix completely free.
I just read a book by Ruby Bridges about her and her family’s experience. So much shame that so many years later Boston was basically the same level of awful racist hatred.
I was born in 1988 and never experienced any of this firsthand; however I never liked south Boston or the attitudes there. It always felt like a very bigoted place, even as a white woman.
Was it worth it??? Did you learn something while there? How about afterward? Did you get the education that you were looking for? Do you think there could have been a better way??? Did you have a dream? Where did the white students go? Do white students do better, worse, or about the same as non-whites? Are white schools still better equipped to teach and guide students?
In 1990 I was living there in a project at South Boston and they were still a lot of prejudices. They were throwing eggs at us both Puerto Ricans and African-Americans children while they swinging in the park so it hasn’t ended
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Join us for a live conversation in Boston with sisters Leola Hampton and Linda Starks-Walker Nov 12 at GBH. Details here: www.wgbh.org/events/never-cried-bostons-busing-legacy-film-screening-and-discussion
Those are my aunts!!' so happy they are sharing their story!!!
Thank you so much for bringing this to light. It is so important to hear not just from experts and historians, but also those who lived through these events. Personal narratives are such a critical part of story telling.
Watching this, you cant help but feel the heartbreak of those children feeling hated for simply wanting equality.
Thank you GBH News team for sharing this story. It's so important to realize that while this happened 50 years ago in the past, it's still very much a story of the present, and great job highlighting that through sharing the stories of Linda and Leola.
Thank You for sharing,📖🫡🇺🇸🌹❤️💙💙💙💙💙🙏
@RufusCheeks-ge3mz THANKS FOR THIS SHARING. WE REALLY NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS PAIN ALSO FROM OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO EXPERIENCED GENOCIDE FOR THEIR LAND THAT WAS STOLEN. THE ENSLAVED AFRICANS ONESIMUS WHO TAUGHT AMERICA AND BOSTON IN 1700 ABOUT SMALL POX VACCINATON. ALSO ABOUT THE AFRICAN WHO RODE WITH PAUL REVERE TO ANNOUNCE: THE BRITISH ARE COMING! OUR INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS GAVE SO MUCH AND MUCH WAS STOLEN. THE HEALING AND REPARATIONS NEEDS TO BE RECONIZED INSTEAD OF THIS MANIPULATIVE ERASURE WHICH GENERATES PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO THE FOUNDATION OF THIS U.S.A.
ASE
To say that we were traumatized is a understatement the horrible dreams never stop. I do recognize these two beautiful ladies we all went through it together. They look great, but we will never forget ever we were just children being made to go someplace when we didn’t want to and was afraid I’m sorry ladies. We just continue to take these days, one at a time literally!
Thanks Leola and Linda, for sharing your story and your journey to healing
Boston,Massachusetts 😢 I was one of the chosen to suffer that fate of attack 😢but we are fighting back to change the way our society works ❤😊 .
God bless you all,that survived the hatred that was given to you💙🙏🏽💙
This was amazing. I grew up poor and white. Lived in mixed neighborhoods and schools. I cannot even imagine treating babies, people as this world has treated our brothers and sisters. Amen
We're so grateful Linda and Leola were willing to share their experience with all of us.
Important story than needs to be told. Thank you!
They were comfortable with slaves caring for their kids and breaking their backs but not in schools with their kids. Smh
Thank you GBH, for letting this be seen and heard. We know that little has changed! It’s just a little silent these days.😢
Thanks 🙏🏾 ❤for sharing 😢. May God blessed your hearts. It’s still going on even in NY. My daughter went to Cornell and she had to leave because of racism. I know and I feel your pain. God is good let’s continue to spread love and forgiveness. Love you my sisters. 🙏🏾❤️
The issue was housing discrimination. If they hadn’t refused to let people live anywhere they wanted, there would have been no need to integrate schools. If the neighborhoods were integrated.
I left Boston in 2018 due to racism nothing has changed
@@alliecat1658I’m so sorry to hear that’s been your experience and that you’re not the only one. I hope we can do better in the future. I grew up in a really diverse suburb (malden). It felt a lot less tense than Boston.
@@edvh88 thank you. I live in Chestnut Hill. I’ve also been asked by a white woman, what made me want to live in Chestnut Hill versus Mattapan or Dorchester. Funny thing was that she was not a native Bostonian herself. I find that the racist people that live here now are from the Midwest or one of those states that lack any sort of real diversity like Iowa.
Has the busing crisis of the 1970’s shaped your view of Boston?
Yes it made me think that people of Irish and Italian ancestry are extremely anti black and I noticed this same behavior was exhibited in NYC towards black people when it came to buying homes in Queens and Brooklyn.
It made and still makes me wonder why I’m the racist. I’ve lived in peace in harmony with my black brothers and sisters in Canton. Mississippi since 1949. Blacks were treated unfair here when I was growing up but as a kid I didn’t even know what to think about that. Now they run the place and that’s fine with me.
@@jimmycain8669what do you mean by “run the place?”
NOT ONLY THE 1970s ITS THE ENTIRE EARLY HISTORY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHOSE LAND THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT ON EXPERIENCED GENOCIDE. THAT BLOOD IS CALLING FOR HEALING, THE BLOOD AND NAMES OF OUR AFRICAN ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FROM THE BRITISH HAVE QUIETLY BEEN ERASED, THE AFRICAN WHO TAUGHT AMERICA AND THE BOSTONIANS ABOUT SMALL POX
VACCINATION IN 1700s, AN AFRICAN ALSO RODE WITH PAUL REVERE TO ANNOUNCE: THE BRITISH ARE COMING, ETC. FOR THESE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES SO MUCH WAS GIVEN AND STOLEN AND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS MANIPULATIVE CHAOS NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE HEALING AND REPARATIONS CONVERSATION. ASE
I’m glad she found a place, such a nice lady. The situation is really hard in America, is easy to move to other states like Indiana or Texas where the rent is cheap. I love to be outdoors for me to be living in a car is exciting every day is different I enjoy more nature, the ocean I exercise more and save money I do have to be worry about my financial situation, I can go anywhere, I just went for 3 weeks to a trip to South America, I don’t have not bills, not worries out of the matrix completely free.
I just read a book by Ruby Bridges about her and her family’s experience. So much shame that so many years later Boston was basically the same level of awful racist hatred.
We should be sharing this a talking more….
I was born in 1988 and never experienced any of this firsthand; however I never liked south Boston or the attitudes there. It always felt like a very bigoted place, even as a white woman.
Boston in the 70's😢
Was it worth it??? Did you learn something while there? How about afterward? Did you get the education that you were looking for? Do you think there could have been a better way??? Did you have a dream? Where did the white students go? Do white students do better, worse, or about the same as non-whites? Are white schools still better equipped to teach and guide students?
In 1990 I was living there in a project at South Boston and they were still a lot of prejudices. They were throwing eggs at us both Puerto Ricans and African-Americans children while they swinging in the park so it hasn’t ended
Gag me with the victimhood. Not worth watching. 😒