The Busing Battleground -
american experience

Revisit 1970s Boston, when Black and white students were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal court desegregation order - unleashing violence and racial unrest that would escalate and continue for years.

Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 3507

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