The Busing Battleground -
american experience

Tue, Sep 8 3:00 P.M. NH World (11.3)

In 1974, after a decades-long battle by Black parents in Boston working for equal education, a local judge mandated the desegregation of the public schools. Cross-town busing led to an eruption of explosive racial violence that tore the city apart, setting a tragic course for Boston's children that still reverberates today. Told through rare archival footage and first-person interviews with community leaders and students who took part in the busing plan, THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND is a definitive reexamination of a tumultuous piece of Boston's racial history.

Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes and 28 seconds

Episode Number: 3507

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Tue, Sep 8	3:00 P.M.	The Busing Battleground NH World (11.3)

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As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation.

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