1972: Civil Liberties And Civil Rights

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The busing of schoolchildren to achieve racial integration in public schools became a central issue in 1972, an otherwise quiet year in race relations. A substantial amount of civil liberties news was generated by decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the Nixon appointees moved the Court toward a... ...