TY - BOOK ID - 80837436 TI - Why busing failed PY - 2016 SN - 9780520959873 0520959876 9780520284241 0520284240 9780520284258 0520284259 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - Busing for school integration KW - School integration KW - Desegregation in education KW - Education KW - Integration in education KW - School desegregation KW - Magnet schools KW - Race relations in school management KW - Segregation in education KW - Busing of school children KW - School busing for integration KW - Student busing for school integration KW - School children KW - History KW - Massive resistance movement KW - Integration KW - Transportation KW - 20th century american history. KW - 20th century american politics. KW - african american history. KW - american crossroads series. KW - american politics. KW - american racism. KW - american segregation. KW - black students. KW - brown vs board of education. KW - busing. KW - civil rights. KW - education. KW - high profile case. KW - history. KW - national politics. KW - political. KW - president richard nixon. KW - racial segregation. KW - racism. KW - school desegregation. KW - school segregation. KW - school settings. KW - school. KW - schooling. KW - segregation. KW - social hierarchy. KW - united states of america. KW - white parents. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80837436 AB - In the decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, busing to achieve school desegregation became one of the nation's most controversial civil rights issues. Why Busing Failed is the first book to examine the pitched battles over busing on a national scale, focusing on cities such as Boston, Chicago, New York, and Pontiac, Michigan. This groundbreaking book shows how school officials, politicians, the courts, and the media gave precedence to the desires of white parents who opposed school desegregation over the civil rights of black students. This broad and incisive history of busing features a cast of characters that includes national political figures such as then-president Richard Nixon, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, and antibusing advocate Louise Day Hicks, as well as some lesser-known activists on both sides of the issue-Boston civil rights leaders Ruth Batson and Ellen Jackson, who opposed segregated schools, and Pontiac housewife and antibusing activist Irene McCabe, black conservative Clay Smothers, and Florida governor Claude Kirk, all supporters of school segregation. Why Busing Failed shows how antibusing parents and politicians ultimately succeeded in preventing full public school desegregation. ER -