Students waiting for the school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.

Starting in 1975, in compliance with a federal desegregation order, older students from Gee's Bend were bused almost 50 miles one-way to Pine Hill. White students soon left the public school there, effectively negating the integration attempt. In 1977, Gee's Bend residents filed an unsucce...

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Main Author:	Sikora, Frank
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Photographs
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/121677

format	Electronic
collection	Alabama Media Group Collection
building	Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher	Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic	Photographs
spellingShingle	Photographs Students waiting for the school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama. Sikora, Frank
fulltopic	Photographs African Americans--Education; Automobiles; Buses; Students; Gee's Bend (Ala.); Wilcox County (Ala.)
description	Starting in 1975, in compliance with a federal desegregation order, older students from Gee's Bend were bused almost 50 miles one-way to Pine Hill. White students soon left the public school there, effectively negating the integration attempt. In 1977, Gee's Bend residents filed an unsuccessful petition requesting that their original local school be expanded to once again serve all grades. Two years later, Orzell Billingsley Jr. filed a lawsuit at the federal district court in Mobile to request again that the busing be stopped.
spelling	BN0039929_02BN0039929Students waiting for the school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.Starting in 1975, in compliance with a federal desegregation order, older students from Gee's Bend were bused almost 50 miles one-way to Pine Hill. White students soon left the public school there, effectively negating the integration attempt. In 1977, Gee's Bend residents filed an unsuccessful petition requesting that their original local school be expanded to once again serve all grades. Two years later, Orzell Billingsley Jr. filed a lawsuit at the federal district court in Mobile to request again that the busing be stopped.1977-091970-1979Sikora, FrankBirmingham News77-04940African Americans--Education; Automobiles; Buses; Students; Gee's Bend (Ala.); Wilcox County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/121677
title	Students waiting for the school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.
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Students waiting for the school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.

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