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Why Did the Fight Over Busing Become So Violent in Boston

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Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s?


A) In Boston, the racial divisions were between African-Americans and Puerto Ricans as well as whites.
B) The African-American community in Boston consisted only of very recent migrants from the South.
C) Boston's politicians called on local residents to fight the busing order by all means necessary.
D) Boston's tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently.
E) Boston was widely understood to have the best public school system in the country.

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