Milliken v. Bradley

How a plan to end segregation by busing in Detroit went to the Supreme Court and had lasting implications for the rest of the country.

Episode 21 of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "Milliken v. Bradley" was published on July 25, 2019 and runs 36 minutes.

July 25, 2019 ·36m · Throughline

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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