On this day, June 18, in 1963

African American community leaders in Boston organized the "Stay-Out for freedom" boycott, in which at least 3,000 students boycotted the city's segregated public school system. Temporary 'Freedom Schools' were also set up for the day to educate students about Black history and resistance to racism. Nearly ten years after the Brown v. Board of Ed. Decision, Boston schools remained segregated and the all-white school board continued to manipulate school boundaries and unfairly allocate resources. It wasn't until 1974, after 11 more years of protesting, that the Federal District Court charged the city of Boston with intentionally segregating its schools.