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Milliken v. Bradley - Supreme Court Blocks Cross-District School Desegregation, Entrenches White Flight

1974-07-25 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On July 25, 1974, the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 ruling in Milliken v. Bradley, effectively ending meaningful school desegregation efforts across metropolitan America by prohibiting cross-district busing remedies to address urban-suburban segregation. The decision exempted wealthy white suburbs …

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Detroit Riots Accelerate Pre-Existing White Flight and Corporate Urban Disinvestment Pattern Creating Decades of Economic Decline

1967-07-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

A Detroit Police Department raid on an unlicensed after-hours bar in the heart of the city’s predominantly African American inner city ignites one of the most violent and destructive civil disturbances in American history. The five-day uprising leaves 43 people dead, more than 1,000 injured, …

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Segregation Academies Proliferate as White Families Flee Integrated Public Schools With Public Subsidies

1964-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Between 1964 and 1975, as public schools in the Deep South begin to slowly desegregate through federal court orders, at least half a million white students are withdrawn from public schools nationwide to avoid mandatory desegregation. Private school enrollment across the South increases by more than …

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