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 ...

A new walk-and-ride tour hosted by the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative is highlighting key locations in the controversial effort to desegregate the city's schools NBC Universal, Inc. Fifty ...

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 ...

On the 50th anniversary of the federal court decision to integrate Boston schools, a group of 20 people stood on the red brick walkway in front of the Massachusetts State House at one of the first ...

It's been 50 years since the Boston Busing Crisis. It was a period where Boston Public Schools were under court control to desegregate through a system of busing students between predominantly white ...

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 ...

BOSTON - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is vowing to improve school bus efficiency and getting students to school on time, despite a tracking app that is still resulting in late arrivals to school and ...