Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Education, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, 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: The Supreme Court rules that busing is a constitutional means of achieving public school desegregation.
Summary of Event
The original catalyst for this case was the plan of the school board of Charlotte, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, to close some African American schools, create attendance zones for most of the schools in the district, and allow a “freedom-of-choice” provision under which students could transfer to any school in the district, provided that they could furnish their own transportation and the school was not...
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