Supreme Court Approves Busing to Desegregate Schools
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- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Supreme Court, U.S.
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: April 20, 1971
Article abstract: In approving a federal district judge’s desegregation plan, the Supreme Court gave a green light for other judges to require the remedy of busing whenever it could be shown that governmental policies had contributed to racial segregation.
Defining Desegregation
Before the U.S. Supreme Court announced its rulings in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education on April 20, 1971, school boards and educators throughout the country anxiously awaited the decision. The fundamental issue was the nature of school desegregation....
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