Table of Contents
|
Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
|
| Collection |
| Title: | The Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society records |
| Dates: | n.d., 1848-1853, 1885-1893, 1963-2005 (bulk 1984-2005) |
| Call Number: | M124 |
|
Scope and Content Note
|
|
The records of the George Lewis Ruffin Society document the complicated racial tensions that existed in the criminal justice field and resulted in a racial imbalance in the Boston Police Department. Working closely with the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, the Society has worked to raise the number of minorities in the upper ranks of the Boston Police Department by sponsoring promotional examination prep courses, fellowship programs, and annual Convocations. Correspondence, notes, reports, programs and class materials from each of these major areas of work make up the bulk of the collection.
The Ruffin Society's commitment to ensuring a racial balance within the criminal justice profession resulted in programs, workshops, and events such as the Stop and Frisk Workshop, the Neighborhood Peace Corps, Criminal Justice Day, Mayor's Youth Leadership Corps, Roxbury Youthworks Curriculum, College Day, Pioneer Valley Project, the Use of Deadly Force Seminar, and the Professional Training and Development Program. This collection also documents the creation of the "Long Road to Justice" exhibit, sponsored by the Ruffin Society, which documents the African American struggle for equality in Massachusetts.
This collection also contains meeting minutes and notes relating to the annual Board of Directors' meeting, financial documents, membership lists, and correspondence |
|
