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Chambers Victory Expands Desegregation Drive in Charlotte
Julius Chambers hailed the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Charlotte-Mecklenburg busing plan and pledged to push for broader desegregation across 30 plus cases. The district’s 82,000 students faced a costly, contentious year of extensive busing, with 43,000 pupils transported and 180 buses repurposed amid public resistance and tensions between black and white communities.
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Brown Vs. Board of Education
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