jdickey Wrote:
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> Judge Sanders also got the case as a
> "hane-me-down" law suit! The case had already
> been tried earlier and went to the Appellate Court
> and back to Dallas, where it was retried before
> Judge Saunders. He asked that the DISD present
> their plan, DISD continued to delay and Judge
> Saunders finally ruled on a plan.
Yes, that is correct. But busing was already in the earlier plans (there had been several by that time). Sanders made the point that more busing would not be effective when he created his first desegregation plan, and then three years later eliminated the use of busing for desegregation.
Here is a very interesting and helpful article from DMN concerning history of desegregaton in DISD:
[www.dallasnews.com]
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> Judge Sanders also got the case as a
> "hane-me-down" law suit! The case had already
> been tried earlier and went to the Appellate Court
> and back to Dallas, where it was retried before
> Judge Saunders. He asked that the DISD present
> their plan, DISD continued to delay and Judge
> Saunders finally ruled on a plan.
Yes, that is correct. But busing was already in the earlier plans (there had been several by that time). Sanders made the point that more busing would not be effective when he created his first desegregation plan, and then three years later eliminated the use of busing for desegregation.
Here is a very interesting and helpful article from DMN concerning history of desegregaton in DISD:
[www.dallasnews.com]