A Walk through American History
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A Walk through American History
Desegregation Memphis, Tennessee
Historic Timeline1960-Northcross et al vs. Board of Education, Memphis City Schools
was filed to end desegregation
1968-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Killed in Memphis, TN
1969-Black Mondays began
1971-Federal Judge Robert McRae made the ruling to end segregation in Memphis City Schools
1973-Massive busing begins in the city on January 24th
1981-Revisited the desegregation law and rezoned the district-used less buses
2004-Discontinued using busing as a means to desegregation
Citizens Against Busing!
Imagine how it must feel
The Bus Solution Busing began in Memphis in January, 1973, Memphis did not own one bus prior to
the decision-42 buses were purchased for 1.5 million dollars 38,000 students were bused and spent 31-45 minutes on the bus each way 5,347 students spent 46-60 minutes on the bus each way In 2004 less than 3 percent of students were bused
My Early Education Kindergarten at a church Began First Grade at Charjean Elementary Walked to school All white school
January, 1973 began attending Alcy Elementary
Rode a bus to school Integrated school Was the only white
cheerleader in Junior High
Memphis today: The current enrollment of 115,461 students includes
101,232 blacks, 4,897 Asians and Hispanics, and 9,239 whites.
Picture References http://www.mallofmemphis.org/Main/Conclusions picture of data slide http://www.accd.edu/pac/faculty/rhines/images/brownboard.jpg picture of desegregation http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ewpEPV7ANWI/SK3ybChd3KI/AAAAAAAABVk/7yzbXaZmF-g/s400/300px-Desoto_bridge_memphis.jpg
picture of bridge http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl
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http://www.classmates.com/directory/school/Charjean%20Elementary%20School?org=17233981 picture of charjean http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wpimg.com/pk/header/memphis_header.jpg&imgrefurl=http://
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