Florida public schools’ integration and busing

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dc.contributor.advisorDenning, Robert
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Alicia
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-11T14:23:01Z
dc.date.available2017-09-11T14:23:01Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.description.abstractDrawing on primary sources from the Florida Archives in Tallahassee Florida and other secondary sources, this thesis examines the integration of schools as well as the busing crisis in Florida. Specifically, this thesis provides explanation of court rulings like Brown v Board of Education as well as governmental leaders like Claude Kirk who influenced the actions in Florida in terms of desegregation. Brown v Board of Education did not issue an end date for desegregating schools but rather left the decision to lower courts. Schools in Florida took their time desegregating because there was no rush in the process. In the early 1970s lower courts implemented plans to desegregate Florida school districts by using busing as a technique. Busing would be a way to ensure that schools would have mixed races by sending students to schools outside of their communities. Governor Claude Kirk fought the implementation of busing in response to what his constituents wanted as well as his own personal beliefs. Unfortunately, Kirk took his steps against the courts too far by going head to head with the federal court system which eventually led to him losing the governor race for the 1971-1974 term. (Author abstract)en_US
dc.description.bibliographicCitationJensen, A. (2017). Florida public schools’ integration and busing. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster Artsen_US
dc.description.programHistoryen_US
dc.description.schoolCollege of Online and Continuing Educationen_US
dc.digSpecsPDF/A-1ben_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10474/3189
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSouthern New Hampshire Universityen_US
dc.relation.requiresAdobe Acrobat Readeren_US
dc.rightsAuthor retains all ownership rights. Further reproduction in violation of copyright is prohibiteden_US
dc.rightsHolderJensen, Alicia
dc.subject.lcshSouthern New Hampshire University -- Theses (History)en_US
dc.subject.otherhistoryen_US
dc.subject.otherAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.otherKirk, Claudeen_US
dc.subject.otherdesegregationen_US
dc.subject.otherFlorida (US)en_US
dc.subject.otherschoolsen_US
dc.titleFlorida public schools’ integration and busingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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