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This is the Charlotte Observer from March 23, 1970 featuring an image of Judge McMillan from the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case. The headline reads "Here's What Judge McMillan Found."

This is a flyer that discourages school integration created by the KKK. In large font is written "Stop Busing! Save Our Free Public Schools." In the bottom left is the KKK emblem, a hooded Klansman on horseback with their slogan "The Klan: Yesterday,…

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…

This is a letter from Julius Chambers to Kelly Alexander in 1964 outlining an early strategy for the reasons why a lawsuit should be filed against the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. The Swann family was denied entry into an integrated…

This is the second page of the letter from Chambers to Alexander in 1964.

This is a photo of the National Honor Society at West Charlotte in 1971. The students are standing around two parked buses.

This is a press release issued by Governor Scott on February 2, 1970 regarding his disappointment with a court ruling involving busing. He does not agree that busing would be beneficial to North Carolina schools.

This is the cover of a booklet printed by the NAACP in 1975 on the busing situation in Boston. On the cover, many people are seen marching in an urban area of Boston. They are carrying a banner that reads in part: "Desegregate Boston Schools Now."

This is a sample page from the 1970 WCHS yearbook, a year before busing began to integrate Charlotte schools. From the class sample, it is evident that the class is predominantly African American. The other classes are shown with similar results,…

This is a sample page of students in the 1971 WCHS yearbook. Both black and white students are visible.