Equates the fight for busing, equal education, and school integration with the general struggle against racism. Briefly discusses the history of busing and school desegregation in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville, New York public schools. (Author/GC)

Discusses numerous issues related to school desegregation and the Brown decision, including: (1) misconceived psychological arguments used to bolster the case for "Brown"; (2) student and community attitudes toward busing; (3) effects of busing; (4) regional differences in compliance with school desegregation; and (5) recent court…

Busing, or transporting students at public expense, has been practiced in the United States for over a century. The use of the term to mean transporting students for school desegregation purposes has been relatively recent. Most States started providing pupil transportation when legislation for school district consolidation was implemented,…

Compares Federal court-ordered school desegregation plans in urban and rural Tennessee school districts. Indicates that approaches differed with varying district characteristics. Suggests that community responses to plans were influenced by such factors as racial composition; customs; leaders' attitudes; environmental and economic conditions; and…

This article focuses on the use of compulsory busing to achieve school integration. The effects of busing on Black self-concept, academic achievement, student teacher relationships, resegregation of Black students by tracking in integrated schools, and community attitudes are examined. (Author/MC)

In this report, the Chicago Urban League assesses the Chicago Board of Education's proposed school desegregation plan. The report discusses eleven points of disagreement with plan provisions. The issues raised include: (1) the absence of concrete provisions, especially numerical standards, to ensure that existing black-white separation in Chicago…