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Who is Arthur Garrity from Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families and what is their importance? Common_Ground:_A_Turbulent_Decade_in_the_Lives_of_Three_American_Families English & Literature Arthur Garrity | Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families

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Arthur Garrity is a judge in Boston. He attends Harvard Law School, works as an assistant United States Attorney, and then enters private practice. He marries Barbara Anne Mullins, a friend of Rose Fitzgerald. Garriety presides in the Boston School segregation case and rules that segregation in Boston schools is intentional. He eventually moves to a South End townhouse.