National Busing Report, Vol. 1, No. 11, October 1972
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National Busing Report, Vol. 1, No. 11, October 1972
Description
This is a publication of the anti-busing Save Our Neighborhood Schools, Inc., (SONS) organization.
In the 1970 case, Bradley v. Richmond School Board, Judge Robert Merhige, Jr., ordered limited citywide busing in order to integrate Richmond, Virginia, schools, resulting in further white flight. Opposition from white parents was fierce and organized, as evidenced by groups such as SONS.
Merhige's decision was overturned on June 6, 1972 by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which was affirmed a year later in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court subsequently invalidated most busing across city-county boundaries and, unable to counteract white flight, many city schools again became overwhelmingly black.
The trend continued through the late-twentieth century, and Richmond neighborhoods were more racially segregated in 1980 than in 1960.
Detail from page 3: editorial cartoon by Jack Knox, reprinted from the Nashville Banner
In the 1970 case, Bradley v. Richmond School Board, Judge Robert Merhige, Jr., ordered limited citywide busing in order to integrate Richmond, Virginia, schools, resulting in further white flight. Opposition from white parents was fierce and organized, as evidenced by groups such as SONS.
Merhige's decision was overturned on June 6, 1972 by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which was affirmed a year later in the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court subsequently invalidated most busing across city-county boundaries and, unable to counteract white flight, many city schools again became overwhelmingly black.
The trend continued through the late-twentieth century, and Richmond neighborhoods were more racially segregated in 1980 than in 1960.
Detail from page 3: editorial cartoon by Jack Knox, reprinted from the Nashville Banner
Creator
Save Our Neighborhood Schools, Inc.
Source
General collection, Call Number L11 .N5, and General collection, Call Number L11 .S5, Library of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Virginia Historical Society
Publisher
Save Our Neighborhood Schools, Inc.
Date
1972 October
Contributor
Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Virginia Historical Society
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Notes
Learn more:
Busing, Social Welfare History Image Portal
3,300 Autos Driven To Capital in Protest, The New York Times, February 18, 1972.
Pratt, Robert A. The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89.
The Conscience of Virginia: Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., and the Politics of School Desegregation
Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia, 338 F. Supp. 67 (E.D. Va. 1972)
Busing, Social Welfare History Image Portal
3,300 Autos Driven To Capital in Protest, The New York Times, February 18, 1972.
Pratt, Robert A. The Color of Their Skin: Education and Race in Richmond, Virginia, 1954-89.
The Conscience of Virginia: Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr., and the Politics of School Desegregation
Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond, Virginia, 338 F. Supp. 67 (E.D. Va. 1972)
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Citation
Save Our Neighborhood Schools, Inc., “National Busing Report, Vol. 1, No. 11, October 1972,” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed December 21, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/526.