Busing in Boston

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Busing in Boston

• School Integration in the North

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One little girl leads the way
Ruby Bridges, the sole African American child to
attend a New Orleans elementary school after
court-ordered desegregation in 1960.
The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell,
1964

• The painting was a social commentary on the
  situation into which thousands of African
  American students were thrust during the early
  years of school desegregation.

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With All Deliberate Speed

• The Brown decision demanded that school
  desegregation begin with all deliberate speed.
• What does deliberate mean exactly?
• When did the Court expect integration to begin?
  End?
• Read the Brown II decision and answer questions.
• Read NAACP Memo handout.

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Desegregation in the North

• Most northern cities presented a unique challenge
  to integration.
• It was not easy to desegregate schools that were
  determined by neighborhood.

A-1 Downtown A-7 East Boston B-2 Roxbury/Mission HillB-3 Mattapan C-6 South Boston C-11 DorchesterD-4 Back Bay/South End/ D-14 Allston/BrightonE-5 West Roxbury/RoslindaleE-13 Jamaica PlainE-18 Hyde Park
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Vocabulary

• De Jure Segregation The spatial and social
  separation of populations that occurs as a
  consequence of legal measures.
• De facto segregation The spatial and social
  separation of populations that occurs without
  legal sanction.

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Some Reading, please

• Refer to handout
• Using said handout, familiarize yourself with the
  background of this topic.
• Be prepared to discuss.

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• Movie?

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Chalk Talk

• After viewing the photograph,
• approach the question using the discussed
  protocol.

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Eyes on the Prize

• See Video
• Take notes that record important aspects of the
  topic.
• Be prepared to discuss.
• Read New York Times article
• Jefferson County article