American Experience

The Busing Battleground

Season 35, Episode 7 of 9

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.

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9/11/2023
9 p.m.
9/12/2023
2 a.m.
9/15/2023
1 p.m.
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