The Busing Battleground | Full Documentary

The Busing Battleground | Full Documentary

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On September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe… | #BusingBattlegroundPBS

The Busing Battleground

Overview

Overview

The Busing Battleground pulls back the curtain on the volatile effort to end school segregation, detailing the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis. It illustrates how civil rights battles had to be fought across the North as well as the South and reckons with the class dimensions of the desegregation saga, exploring how the neighborhoods most impacted by the court’s order were the poorest in the city.
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Crew

Crew

Sharon Grimberg


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Cyndee Readdean


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Jon Neuburger

Sharon Grimberg

Sharon Grimberg


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Cyndee Readdean

Roger Suen


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Sarah Keeling


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Dominic Lounds


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Emily Games


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Jason Longo


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Antonio Rossi


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Michelle Purpura


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Matt Shelly


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David Bigelow


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Susan Bellows


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Cameo George

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