The 164th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the

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and the

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, met in 1965 and 1966 during the

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John Volpe John Anthony Volpe ( ; December 8, 1908November 11, 1994) was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician from Massachusetts. A son of Italian immigrants, he founded and owned a large construction firm. Politically, he was a Republican in ...

. Maurice A. Donahue served as

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of the Senate and John Davoren served as

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of the House. On April 22, 1965, Rev.

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delivered an address to a joint session of the General Court after meeting with

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. In the same month, Volpe filed a request for legislation from the state legislature that defined schools with nonwhite enrollments greater than 50 percent to be imbalanced and granted the State Board of Education the power to withhold state funds from any school district in the state that was found to have racial imbalance, which Volpe would sign into law the following August.

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1965 in Massachusetts

1966 in Massachusetts

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