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This is the cover of a booklet featuring a debate on issues of integration between two personalities. The cover is pink, black, and white.

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 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.

In this Eugene Payne political drawing, the "South", symbolized by a woman, looks down nervously at a black puddle labeled "school desegregation." Nixon, portrayed as a gentleman, prepares to lay his coat, be-speckled with dollar signs, on the puddle…

This political cartoon depicts Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as the doorknob, and "A willingness to work out our problems lawfully" as the key.

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 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 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."