Tag: busing

Keyes v. School District Number One, Denver, Colorado; Eliminating the “Root and Branch” of School Segregation

by ncurrie, posted in Civil Rights, Civil Rights Protest & Issues, Schools and Education

Today's post was written by Cody White, Archivist at the National Archives at Denver The stark, black and white Denver Post photograph one finds online is startling; in it two firemen are sweeping broken glass from a window shattered by a pipe bomb while Wilfred Keyes and his wife, just shadows in the dark of … Continue reading Keyes v. School District Number One, Denver, Colorado; Eliminating the “Root and Branch” of School Segregation

Morgan v. Hennigan: Desegregation of Boston Public Schools

by Ligon, posted in Civil Rights Protest & Issues, Schools and Education

Today's Blog was written by Dr. Tina L. Ligon, Supervisory Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland This record of the week was a part of a presentation on the role of the federal government in black education, given at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Conference … Continue reading Morgan v. Hennigan: Desegregation of Boston Public Schools