Essay Progress Check 1
Adam R. Choyce
HIS-200 Applied History
November 23, 2023
Revised Thesis:
Attempting to achieve racial balance by forcing students to be bused to
other areas, added to the racial separation of the area. Busing basically forced people to be
integrated and no longer separated as white and black public schools.
Introduction:
School desegregation in 1970’s was an ordinarily known term in every
household. However, Boston seemed to be immune to what was going on in the rest of the
United States. In 1971, there was a change that occurred which started with 53 African American
families and the NAACP, who made the decision to open a case against the Boston School
Committee. The lawsuit was started in hopes of ending desegregation and it would prove to be
one of the most difficult times for those in Boston. Federal Judge Arthur Garrity was the
presiding judge and the case was known as Morgan v. Hennigan. In the North, there were
generally not many protests, however, when this lawsuit came to fruition, there was racial
friction and protests. Judge Arthur Garrity’s busing mandate is something that was debated for a
very long-time frame, even in this day and age.
