Network email in Cambridge
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- message
- information sent to someone
- network
- connected people, places, or machines
- invent
- create a new tool, process, or idea
Ray Tomlinson worked in Cambridge on early computer networks. He sent an early network email and used the at sign to help identify the user and computer. Messages could move between connected machines.
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Follow-up: Boston school desegregation
A federal judge ordered changes after finding that Boston schools had been deliberately segregated. Busing became part of the response. Students and families experienced conflict, danger, and efforts toward fairer access.
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