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Pickles to go, giving hugs and kisses and costumes of all sorts: These were just a few of the things WBUR reporters saw along the Boston Marathon route Monday. Photos and videos from: Martha Bebinger, Katie Cole, Jesse Costa, Robin Lubbock, Artemisia Luk, Anna Rubenstein, Miriam Wasser and Kevin Vu. Produced by Meghan Kelly #bostonmarathon #bostonmarathon2026 #boston #bostontiktok

Pickles to go, giving hugs and kisses and costumes of all sorts: These were just a few of the things WBUR reporters saw along the Boston Marathon route Monday. Photos and videos from: Martha Bebinger, Katie Cole, Jesse Costa, Robin Lubbock, Artemisia Luk, Anna Rubenstein, Miriam Wasser and Kevin Vu. Produced by Meghan Kelly #bostonmarathon #bostonmarathon2026 #boston #bostontiktok

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Boston got just under 17 inches of snow Monday from a monster storm that walloped the East Coast. The city was returning to normal by Wednesday, thanks to cleanup efforts by public works officials. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu talked with WBUR about how snow clearing efforts are going and how the city is thinking about how to handle future storms. Hear more from our conversation with the mayor on WBUR’s Morning Edition tomorrow. 🎥: Katie Cole/WBUR | WBUR 90.9 FM

Boston got just under 17 inches of snow Monday from a monster storm that walloped the East Coast. The city was returning to normal by Wednesday, thanks to cleanup efforts by public works officials. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu talked with WBUR about how snow clearing efforts are going and how the city is thinking about how to handle future storms. Hear more from our conversation with the mayor on WBUR’s Morning Edition tomorrow. 🎥: Katie Cole/WBUR | WBUR 90.9 FM

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Boston Busing Crisis revisited 50 years later

Boston Busing Crisis revisited 50 years later

The Welfare Mothers Riot of 1967 Roxbury’s Forgotten Uprising The real history of Boston Boston history they never taught us Dark side of Boston’s past Hidden stories of American cities Exposing untold history of Boston What history class left out Roxbury history Grove Hall uprising 1967 welfare protest Women who changed Boston Boston race history before busing Forgotten civil rights battles #BostonHistory #HiddenBoston #BuriedTruths #RoxburyHistory #BostonCivilRights

The Welfare Mothers Riot of 1967 Roxbury’s Forgotten Uprising The real history of Boston Boston history they never taught us Dark side of Boston’s past Hidden stories of American cities Exposing untold history of Boston What history class left out Roxbury history Grove Hall uprising 1967 welfare protest Women who changed Boston Boston race history before busing Forgotten civil rights battles #BostonHistory #HiddenBoston #BuriedTruths #RoxburyHistory #BostonCivilRights

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Coming Soon: A multipart series exploring Boston’s busing crisis at 50 - The Boston Globe

Coming Soon: A multipart series exploring Boston’s busing crisis at 50 - The Boston Globe

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50 years later, busing recalled as ‘Boston's crucible moment'

50 years later, busing recalled as ‘Boston's crucible moment'

During the Boston desegregation busing crisis, Suzanne Lee rallied her Chinese immigrant community to find – and use – their voices. Listen to the full story in the comments! #reels #storytelling #AANHPIHM #GrowingUpAsian #Teacher #TeacherAppreciationDay GBH Stellar Story Company Michael Rossi Wes Hazard Theresa Okokon | Stories from the Stage

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“As I understood it from the conversations that I had had with [The Emerald Conservancy] before they moved to litigation [about White Stadium], they were very concerned — they don't believe that park should be a space where there are large scale events,” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told WBUR’s “Morning Edition” host Rupa Shenoy, on Wednesday. The two sat down at WBUR’s CitySpace for an hourlong conversation that ranged in topics from what to do with White Stadium to her latest thoughts on the MBTA.

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on state plan on an overflow shelter in Roxbury

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Two sisters confront their trauma from Boston's busing crisis in new GBH documentary

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'We were fighting for our life': Former Boston Public Schools student, teacher reflect on busing, 50 years later

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Fifty years after experiencing the violence and extreme racism of Boston’s busing crisis, two Boston sisters talk about the lingering impact on their lives and why - until recently - they never discussed it with each other. ‘Never Cried:’ Boston’s Busing Legacy, a short documentary from @GBHNews, will be featured at Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University, the Boston Public Library Shaw-Roxbury Branch. Following the screening, Leola Hampton and Linda Starks-Walker, and the filmmaker Emily Judem wi

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Mayor Wu announces plan to remove tents, address ongoing crisis at Mass. and Cass

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Why did the busing crisis in Rochester schools get so bad? What we know now

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In 1970s Boston, Black and white students were bused for the first time: "The Busing Battleground" on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Sept. 11 at 9 pm - WOUB Public Media

A school bus carrying children caught fire on the expressway in Boston this afternoon. Students had to walk on the side of the highway to get away from the bus, but there were no reports of any injuries. | WBZ / CBS News Boston

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The busing crisis that unfolded in Boston fifty years ago this month revealed a side of the liberal city just as ugly as the Jim Crow South. Stream THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND now on YouTube and the @PBS App. → https://to.pbs.org/47BmSgv | American Experience | PBS

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Boston to remove bus lane from congested Boylston Street, Mayor Wu informs Back Bay

As a kid in 1970s Boston, Donnie Wahlberg says being bused from Dorchester to Roxbury during school desegregation opened his world. Amid protests and chaos outside, he says the buses and his school were where he felt safest — a place where kids from every background learned, dreamed and simply got along. | CBS Sunday Morning

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Fifty years ago, mothers in Boston's Chinatown staged a three-day boycott to ensure their children's safety during the chaotic first days of the city's busing crisis. Last week, the city of Boston commemorated the anniversary of the boycott and announced a historical marker to be installed in Chinatown. Hear from Suzanne Lee, a teacher who helped interpret for the parents, and Howard Wong, a middle school student at the time, about their experience. Audio recorded with #StoryCorpsStudios in part

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On September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside schools across Boston as Black and white students were bused for the first time as part of a desegregation plan ordered by Judge W. Arthur Garrity. The cross-town busing was met with shocking violence as angry white protestors hurled rocks and racial epithets at Black children arriving at their new schools. It was, as Mayor Kevin White's Chief of Staff Ira Jackson recalled, human nature at its ugliest. | American Experience | PBS

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