apr 20, 1971 - Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg

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Summary: Blacks and whites were still very segregated in schools, so a solution was to bus black students to “white” schools to reduce segregation.
When: April 20, 1971
People involved: NAACP Legal Defense Fund on behalf of six-year-old James Swann and nine other families and
Where: North Carolina then the SC
Cause: Busing had been a solution to reduce segregation, but it was very unpopular and people protested
Effect: upheld that busing was an appropriate remedy for the problem of racial imbalance in schools

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