BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:To Bus or Not To Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Ca stle County\, Delaware BEGIN:VEVENT UID:243882024-05-11 DTSTART:20240511T170000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240511T180000Z LOCATION:11 South East Front Street\nMilford Delaware 19963 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=11 South East Front Street\ nMilford Delaware 19963;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=11 South East Front Stre et:geo:38.912735,-75.427508 GEO:38.912735;-75.427508 SUMMARY:To Bus or Not To Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Castle County\, Delaware CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a pro gram\nabout the 1977 New Castle County desegregation era titled To Bus or\ nNot To Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Castle County\,\nDelawar e. Presented by Polytech High School teacher Emily Green\, the\nprogram wi ll take place on Saturday\, May 11\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milford\nPublic Libr ary in Milford\, Delaware. In 1971 five Wilmington families\nmade the deci sion to re-open the desegregation case Evans v Buchanan\nand file suit aga inst the Wilmington School Board. They contended that\nblack children were being compelled to attend segregated schools and\nthat the board was main taining a dual school system in New Castle\nCounty and Wilmington. The cou rt agreed and instituted a program\ndesigned to establish a unitary educat ion system\, bringing the county\nback in line with its desegregationist r oots. Included in this program\nwas the controversial policy of busing.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Milford Museum American History Series continues with a program about the 1977 New Castle County desegregation er a titled To Bus or Not To Bus: The 1977 School Desegregation of New Castle County\, Delaware. Presented by Polytech High School teacher Emily Green\ , the program will take place on Saturday\, May 11\, 1:00 p.m. at the Milf ord Public Library in Milford\, Delaware. In 1971 five Wilmington families made the decision to re-open the desegregation case Evans v Buchanan and file suit against the Wilmington School Board. They contended that black c hildren were being compelled to attend segregated schools and that the boa rd was maintaining a dual school system in New Castle County and Wilmingto n. The court agreed and instituted a program designed to establish a unita ry education system\, bringing the county back in line with its desegregat ionist roots. Included in this program was the controversial policy of bus ing.

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