Students boarding a Wilcox County school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.

Students boarding a Wilcox County 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/122033
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 boarding a Wilcox County 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_03BN0039929Students boarding a Wilcox County 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/122033
title Students boarding a Wilcox County school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.
titleStr Students boarding a Wilcox County school bus in Gee's Bend, Alabama.
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