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Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation
By Delmont, Matthew F.
- ISBN
- 9780520284241 9780520284258
- Publisher
- Univ. of California
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Reviewed on March 15, 2016 | Social Sciences
Busing students as a way to promote school desegregation was among the most divisive civil rights issues in the decades following Brown v. Board of Education (1954). In this work, Delmont (history, Arizona State Univ., The Nicest Kids in Town) applies oral histories, governmental reports, and news coverage to demonstrate how this response to the Supreme Court decision was destined not only to fail but was also used to change Ameri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
