The Supreme Court Endorses Busing as a Means to End Segregation
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Supreme Court, U.S., Human Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: April 20, 1971
Article abstract: In Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, the Supreme Court endorsed the use of busing to desegregate the Charlotte, North Carolina public schools.
Summary of Event
Although the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, enacted in 1868, required that states provide equal protection of the laws for all persons, African Americans continued to suffer from severe discrimination in education, employment, housing, and other aspects of American life. In 1896, in Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court formally...
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