Sheila Wise Rowe and William Mooney-McCoy
Recorded
May 15, 2023
Archived
May 15, 2023
42:57 minutes
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Id:
dda003182
Description
Friends Sheila Wise Rowe (63) and William "Bil" Mooney-McCoy (66) remember their childhoods amidst Boston's efforts to desegregate public schools.Subject Log / Time Code
SWR remembers her experiences in school before and after desegregation efforts began.
BMM recalls his childhood as a biracial person.
Participants reflect on the racism they've experienced both as young people and today.
BMM speaks about feeling a childhood pressure to vindicate his parents' interracial marriage.
SWR shares that she recently unrepressed a memory of someone throwing a Molotov cocktail at her bus in grade school.
BMM shares memories from when his family moved into a white neighborhood. SWR recalls her experience at West Roxbury High School.
BMM shares about his 3rd-grade music class and discusses the role of the school committee.
Participants reflect on how racism in Boston has evolved over the course of their lives.
Participants share closing thoughts.
Participants
- Sheila Wise Rowe
- William Mooney-McCoy