School Desegregation: "The First Day of Busing, 1980"

Venerine Branham, former assistant principal at Anthony Wayne Elementary School in Cleveland, describes the first day of busing there in 1980.

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[devmonbar]

Busing ruined our schools!

[macdogq]

I was a latino victim of busing during the early 1970's. I was attacked by mob of black youth continuisly in the inner city, and was not welcomed in the white schools during these terrible time. I will never forget the nightmare years of desegregation of our public schools nationwide. This idea of going against the parents did not resolve issues, but made it worse for our education system.