The Central branch of the Boston Public Library was the setting for the attorney and civic leader Larry DiCara’s talk on his new book, Turmoil and Transition in Boston: A Political Memoir from the Busing Era.
When a federal court order mandated busing to achieve racial integration in the public schools, the city of Boston was in danger of ripping apart. In his memoir, DiCara reveals how the public policy decisions and economic and demographic changes of that period helped transform Boston into the thriving city it is today.
Larry DiCara served on the Boston City Council from 1972 to 1981, has taught at Harvard, Boston University and the University of Massachusetts, and today is a partner at the Nixon Peabody law firm, where he practices real estate and administrative law.
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