Oral history interview with Mary Ann Hardenbergh (OH-058, audio recording and transcript)

Oral history interview with Mary Ann Hardenbergh (OH-058, audio recording and transcript)

2006

Mary Ann Hardenbergh, who served as a member and as chair of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, reflects on her experiences during the time surrounding the 1974 Garrity decision, which required some students to be bused between Boston neighborhoods with the intention of creating racial balance in the public schools. She discusses her involvement with the decision and the concept of forced busing; her experiences living in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood; her children’s educational experiences; the issue of race in Boston; and possible alternatives to the plan that was implemented as a result of the Garrity decision. She concludes by discussing the current state of education in Massachusetts.

Moakley Oral History Project

Copyright Suffolk University. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.

Sound recording

Oral histories

MP3

PDF

English

OH-058

Metz, Bob

Hardenbergh, Mary Ann

55:10:00