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New Orleans has long been pivotal in the struggle for black voting rights. During the Civil War, free blacks there demanded suffrage; their efforts resulted in Lincoln's first public call for voting rights for some blacks in the final speech of his life. Once these rights were won, New Orleans blacks took an active part in politics, leading to the establishment of the South's only integrated public school system. But rights once gained aren't necessarily secure; after Reconstruction, blacks in New Orleans lost the right to vote. As Thomas Wentworth Higginson wrote at the time of the Civil War, "revolutions...

Starved for cash, the New Orleans school district is taking a long shot and hoping to sell its flooded, unsalvageable school buses on eBay. Some submerged to their roofs in the black flood waters, the yellow school buses were widely photographed in the days after Hurricane Katrina and have become an icon of the city's devastated school system. School officials acknowledge the sale of the buses on the Internet auction site may puzzle some people used to more traditional school fundraisers like bake sales. "There's no shame in it. Not one bit," said school board president Phyllis Landrieu. "This is...

See this thread first. K.C. has a new set of schools Which break the old liberal rules Races, for a start Are now kept apart so libs look like hypocrite fools!

BOULDER - The neighborhood around Columbine Elementary School is 87 percent Anglo. But enrollment numbers indicate that many neighborhood kids are going elsewhere. This year, the school in northeast Boulder is 82 percent Hispanic. "Most of the parents who are involved in this would not say they were (engaged in) 'white flight' - they were simply choosing options that were better for their children," says Julie Phillips, who stepped down in November as Boulder school board president. But Richard Garcia, a member of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education who put six children through Boulder schools, is more blunt: "My...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - When Michael Winsten and his wife, Cheryl, moved here four years ago, they expected their young children eventually would attend the high school down the hill, about a 3 1/2-mile bike ride from their home. Since then, relentless growth in this Orange County community has forced a school district building boom, and the Winstens' five children will have take a bus to a new school farther away. The Winstens say the real reason for moving their children is to ensure there are enough white students at the new school. They are suing Capistrano Unified School District...

For years parents have been frustrated with the barrage of left-wing claptrap thrown at our children in public schools. On Nov. 6 we saw yet another example. Teachers in 10 high schools in the Los Angeles area—schools that are among the lowest ranked in the nation when it comes to basic reading and math skills—bused more than 800 students to participate in an anti-Bush rally sponsored by a group calling itself “The World Can’t Wait—Drive out the Bush Regime.” With the use of taxpayer dollars, staff, school police and youth relations personnel accompanied the students to the event on public...

"If Sen. Mary Landrieu were as good at busing black people to safety as she was at busing them to the polls to vote, none of them would have died."

"When he arrived at the Astrodome about 10 p.m. Wednesday, 20-year-old Jabbar Gibson modestly confessed that he had commandeered a school bus in New Orleans, then picked up about 70 passengers before heading out for the 13-hour trek to Houston." <!-- DIV.b2 { margin: .75em 0px; } --> Jabbar Gibson rescues NO citizens on 8-31-05 New Orleans school buses: New Orleans public transit buses: Count 'em and weep...

In this short video (Real Media 34k stream). . at the very begining . . the 2nd sceen, shows yet another dozen unused blanco buses! The print story is here:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4210646.stm Under the first image is a link that says "VIDEO Aid Finally arrives". The URI for the RV Video is here:rtsp://.../09012da6800242eb_16x9_nb.rm?title="BBC"&author=""©right="(C) British Broadcasting Corporation"

What's happening: Nearly 70 Greyhound buses, owned by Naperville-based Laidlaw International Inc., have been operating non-stop since Wednesday when the evacuation of the New Orleans Superdome began. Why: Tens of thousands of people are stranded and Laidlaw is one of the biggest bus companies in the country. Before the storm: Laidlaw, which has 65,000 employees nationwide, got into financial trouble in the late 1990s and emerged from bankruptcy two years ago. It has since focused operations on busing--some city systems, its 40,000 school buses and Greyhound--with better results. Profit for the nine months ended May 31 totaled $296 million, up...

EWING -- In an egregious error, a 4-year-old pre-schooler was left alone inside a school bus in a parking lot for two hours as his parents frantically scoured the area trying to locate him. The boy, who attends Antheil Elementary School on Ewingville Road, got on a Rick Bus Co. bus after school ended at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. His parents sat on the porch of their Parkway Avenue home as they do every day, waiting for the tot’s bus to drop him off. But by 4 p.m., the bus still hadn’t arrived, and his parents began to worry. They called...

Friends... I am saddened by the fact that this article had to be written. This is not how we want to run our country. A Single Factor may decide this Election… Sadly, the DNC is so desperate to win this election that they have decided to remove all obstacles and play by their own set of rules, which is no rules at all. The DNC has lost its soul, and Party reform must be considered. JB Williams Political Columnist www.JB-Williams.com JBW@JB-Williams.com A Single Factor may decide this Election… Written by JB Williams ©2004-09-27 Is it “the economy stupid”? The war...

That Brown Decision I listened to all the palaver about the 1954 Supreme Court decision that ended racial segregation mandated by law. All of the talkers seem to have forgotten one important point: providing a sound education to the children. Let's note at the outset that the decision was good. It upset a system based on a lie. That lie was that "separate but equal" met the constitutional requirement of equal rights. It was a lie because the facilities were separate but almost never equal. In my entire career, I have never written a word criticizing busing children, even when...

Black Activist Group Speaks Out on Legacy of Brown Desegregation Decision 5/17/2004 6:00:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi of Project21, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 or Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In observance of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision, members and staff of the Project 21 African-American leadership network are available for comment. On Monday, May 17, Project 21 director David Almasi will be addressing the Brown legacy on the CNNfn program "Market Call" at approximately 9:50 am eastern. In addition, Almasi is the...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Linda Brown had no idea she was making history in the fall of 1950 when her father, the Rev. Oliver Brown, took her by the hand and marched her to an all-white school near her home. Several other black parents in Topeka also tried to enroll their children in all-white schools that fall. Their requests were denied, laying the groundwork for a legal case that would overturn segregated education nationwide 50 years ago Monday. In the years since, Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education has been a blessing and a burden for the Brown family: A...

May 17, 1954 -- half a century ago -- saw one of the most momentous decisions in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States. Some observers who were there said that one of the black-robed Justices sat on the great bench with tears in his eyes. The case was of course Brown v. Board of Education, and the decision declared that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional. In rapid succession, all kinds of other racial segregation, which were common across most of the South and even in some border states, were likewise declared unconstitutional. This was a reversal...

(Here you go, gang! Take your pick: --YD) ============================================== Last Updated: Sunday, 11 April, 2004, 15:14 GMT 16:14 UK Tories' school places shake-up By Sean Coughlan BBC News Online at the NUT conference, Harrogate Parents who buy houses near good schools to get places for their children could be wasting their money, under plans outlined by the Tories. Education spokesman, Tim Yeo, suggested that schools might not be allowed to give priority to pupils living near to the school. Mr Yeo said it was unfair that affluent parents could take places at good schools by buying houses nearby. "We aim...

Transport Mix-Up Happens Following After-School Program WELLESLEY, Mass. -- School officials in Wellesley are promising an investigation after a white after-school program teacher mistakenly put a black kindergarten student from Wellesley on a bus and sent him to Boston with other minority students who participate in a voluntary desegregation busing program. Newscenter 5's Jack Harper reported that the parents of the boy who was mistakenly sent to Boston's Dorchester neighborhood is not very happy about it. The program said they expect the boy to return to the program. The real hero in this story is the woman on the other...

Cash-Strapped Schools Turn To Busing Fees Boston (AP) - Lawmakers and school officials have a stark message for parents who think their taxes already pay for school bus transportation: No more free rides. Cash-strapped public schools trying to hang on to their teachers are increasingly turning to busing fees to raise money. The move has angered parents and raised concerns that children may be forced to use more dangerous means - like walking - to get to school. "It seems like this country can afford a lot of other things, but we can't send our students to school on buses?"...

ST. PETERSBURG -- During the first year of school choice, hundreds of African-American children in St. Petersburg will be bused out of their neighborhoods, leaving behind new schools that are only two-thirds full. Pinellas school officials acknowledged Tuesday they are limiting enrollment in several elementary schools, including the brand new Douglas Jamerson and James Sanderlin elementary schools in south Pinellas. The reason, in part, is that not enough nonblack students want to attend schools in predominantly black neighborhoods. That means hundreds of students who wanted to attend the two brand new schools -- as well as the rebuilt Campbell Park,...