20 abr 1971 ano - Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

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1. The Supreme Court ruled that if violations of previous mandates directed at desegregating schools occurred, federal district courts were constitutionally authorized to oversee and produce remedies for state-imposed segregation.
2. The case was decided by the Burger Court.
3. The case occurred in North Carolina.
4. One major cause of the case was the lack of progress in desegregating public schools following the Brown v. Board decision. Lower courts in North Carolina experimented with solutions, including imposing mathematical ratios.
5. One major effect of the case was that it laid the foundation for busing to integrate schools.

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