Interview with Juanita Wade  How did you feel about the NAACP's
suit against the School Committee for desegregation?   Well, in
1972, parents, I guess, had come to the end of their rope, and
worked with the NAACP to bring suit against the Boston School
Committee for its segregationist policies, particularly as it
impacted African American students. Young African American
children in elementary school were tracked into particular
middle schools and then tracked into particular high schools. So
the options of going to some of the high schools that offered
car- different career options were not available to the majority
of African American high school students. While I felt very
strongly, and many parents understood why the suit was
necessary, um, we were demanding quality education, we were
demanding the right to attend any high school we chose in
safety, that was not happening, so we understood why it was
important to fight the legal battle, but parents also felt, many
parents felt that the legal battle was be