Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Farah Stockman and Boston Public Library President David Leonard discuss the historical context around what is commonly known as a time of “busing in Boston” that took place in the early 1970s, as well as the wider effort to desegregate public schools across the U.S. Ms. Stockman shares her experiences reporting decades later on the busing crisis and gives a thoughtful take on the impacts of this monumental moment in Boston and United States history. Image: Public domain The four women Ms. Stockman names in the opening of this event are: • Ellen Jackson, founder of Operation Exodus, a program in the 1960 that raised private money to bus students from overcrowded black schools in Roxbury to schools with seats in other parts of the city. • Ruth Batson, an early architect of METCO, a voluntary busing program that still exists that brings black students in Boston to schools in the suburbs.. • Jean McGuire, first black woman on the Boston school committee, who fought for black teachers in Boston schools • Kim Janey, now president of the Boston City Council, who has fought for equity in schools for years.