Boston public schools are integrated.

Conforming to the new state law banning segregation in public schools, Boston becomes the last integrated school system in the state, and the first integrated large-city public school system in the U.S. Some students from the all-white John Phillips School exchange places with those from the nearby all-black Abiel Smith School. The Boston Traveler reports no violent manifestations of dislike. Soon after, William C. Nell writes, “And since the 3rd of September to the present time, the sun, moon and stars are regular in their courses . . . and the State House on Beacon, and old Faneuil Hall, remain as firm on their bases as ever.”