Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation Main Menu Why Busing Failed Introduction Busing before "Busing" The Origins of Antibusing Politics in 1950s New York Antibusing Provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Myth of De Facto Segregation Civil Rights Activism in the North News Media & Civil Rights in the North Federal Surrender in Chicago Richard Nixon's Antibusing Presidency Irene McCabe's Mothers' March to Washington The Complexity of Black Views on “Busing” Moving Beyond "Common Ground" Making "Busing" About the Rights of Black Students

Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation by Matthew F. Delmont

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Contents of this path:

  1. Introduction
  2. Busing before "Busing"
  3. The Origins of Antibusing Politics in 1950s New York
  4. Antibusing Provisions in the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  5. The Myth of De Facto Segregation
  6. Civil Rights Activism in the North
  7. News Media & Civil Rights in the North
  8. Federal Surrender in Chicago
  9. Richard Nixon's Antibusing Presidency
  10. Irene McCabe's Mothers' March to Washington
  11. The Complexity of Black Views on “Busing”
  12. Moving Beyond "Common Ground"
  13. Making "Busing" About the Rights of Black Students