When these inequities began to change in the 20th century, due in part to the sweeping court-ordered integration following Brown v. Board of Education and the simultaneous expansion of public colleges and universities, all citizens began to gain access to educational achievement and, as a result, true access to the American power structure. The…

This chapter examines antibusing legislation designed to reduce or eliminate busing as a desegregation tool. After a brief background discussion of how the Brown decision came about, the legislative, judicial, and executive effects on school desegregation are reviewed. This is followed by a brief analysis of antibusing legislation. Contrary to…

This book discusses the history of the segregation issue from before the Civil War through the Johnson administration, the struggle between the Federal and State governments over the 1954 Supreme Court ruling to abolish segregated education, the emergence of civil rights as a national issue, and the passing of civil rights legislation under the…