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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sikora, Frank
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/121840