To many outsiders, Boston Public Schools’ court-ordered integration campaign of the 1970s and ‘80s was an unqualified failure that stoked more racial discord than it solved, turning “busing” into a ...

Coverage of the 50th anniversary of a federal judge’s ruling that led to mandatory busing in Boston to desegregate schools is produced through an editorial partnership between WBUR and The Emancipator ...

Fifty years after Boston’s court-ordered busing plan was implemented to desegregate the city’s public schools, Boston continues to grapple with the fallout of the controversial decision. For Kim Janey ...

The year 1974 was a crucible in Boston's history. It was a time marked by violent resistance to the forced desegregation of Boston schools. It's also the backdrop of the 2023 novel "Small Mercies" by ...

Leading up to the 50th anniversary of busing in Boston, a group of educators and community leaders — many who were involved in the initiative a half century ago — are taking a look back at the racist ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the North’s worst episode of school desegregation–related racial violence: Boston’s busing riots. Mobs hurled rocks at buses filled with black students newly ...

Violence erupted in the wake of an order to desegregate Boston public schools in 1974 — and a long struggle for educational equity preceded it. On PBS, ‘American Experience’ tells the story. For ...

On Sept. 12, 1974, Boston stepped into the nation’s spotlight when Black and white students were, for the first time, bused between neighborhoods as ordered by a federal desegregation court. As “The ...

Fifty years to the day since yellow school buses first rolled Boston toward a desegregated future, some of the players from the era’s historic events returned to the scene and reminisced about how ...