September 9, 1970 - Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system is integrated.
- Until 1970, desegregation meant that one or a few individual African American students enrolled in an all-white school.
- Now, for the first time, black and white children are bused to truly integrate all the schools. There are no more all-white or all-black schools.
- Meanwhile, the school board continues to appeal the Swann case, the judgment that has forced them to integrate.
- West Charlotte Assistant Principal, Leroy "Pop" Miller, meets white students as they leave the buses on the first day of total integration
Event Date:
September 9, 1970
Event Type:
Turbulent Times 1960-1979
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Thursday, December 28, 2017