More than a Bus Ride: Desegregating Champaign Schools was a radio documentary made by 15 African-American girls from Franklin Middle School and Central High School on the 1968 desegregation of schools in Champaign, Illinois.
They elaborated on how even though segregation was not law there, schools were still segregated because kids went to schools in their own neighborhoods. In Champaign, many of the neighborhoods were and are segregated, so the schools were too.
The documentary shows many of the problems that came along with desegregation in the schools. There were riots and fights between black and white students. There were also problems with black students adjusting to formerly white schools.
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