This is the cover of a booklet printed by the National Urban League in defense of busing as a means to desegregate public schools. The title reads "The Facts About Busing" and features a hand carrying books.
This is the letter that Darius Swann wrote to the school board asking for their son, James, to be transferred to an integrated school in 1964. He lists three main reasons for why their son should be transferred. The appeal was denied.
This is a brief for the cross petitioners, Benjamin S. Horack and William J. Waggoner, in the Supreme Court case "Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education" in October 1970.
This is a letter from Judge James B. McMillan following his ruling in North Carolina court ruling that busing could be used to integrate schools. His decision would be appealed and upheld by the US Supreme Court the following year. He writes, "I…