Milliken v. Bradley

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

After the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, public schools across the country were supposed to become more integrated, but by the 1970s, many weren't. As a way to remedy segregation in their city, the Detroit school board introduced busing across Detroit. But the plan was met with so much resistance that the issue eventually led all the way to the Supreme Court.

This week, segregation in Detroit public schools and the impact of a Supreme Court case that went far beyond that city.

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0:00.0	Here arguments next to number 7-3-4-34-35, 36, now looking against Bradley.
0:10.6	From our point of view, the unique aspect of this case is that an extensive interdiscret
0:14.8	remedy is contemplated, almost certainly including busing.
0:18.4	The issue, the busing issue that has Americans and an upper or pro and con across the country
0:23.4	is perhaps no way or more dramatically present than here in Michigan.
0:28.6	I'm very, very frightened about what's going to happen to our kids.
0:33.4	There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate
0:38.6	her public schools and she was bused to school every day and that little girl was me.
0:45.9	You're listening to Thru Life from NPR.
0:48.7	Will we go back in time?
0:51.2	To understand the present.
0:53.1	Hey, I'm Ramteen Arablui.
0:55.6	I'm Ramda Blifetta.
0:56.6	And on this episode, the case of school busing.
1:06.8	Okay, so I'm sure you remember this moment from the first democratic debate earlier this year.
1:11.6	I do not believe you are a racist and I agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance
1:19.3	of finding common ground. But I also...
1:22.3	Democratic Senator Kamala Harris called out fellow candidate Joe Biden
1:26.2	for once being against the idea of busing as a remedy for school segregation.
1:30.6	Vice President Biden, do you agree today, do you agree today,
1:36.1	that you were wrong to oppose busing in America?
1:39.4	No.
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