*Swann+v.+Charlotte-Mecklenburg+Boardof+Education

 __**Date:**__ The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg case was settled on April 20, 1971. 1/1

__**Summary of the Case:**__ The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ITALICS case discusses desegregation in schools. The Brown v. Board ITALICS of Education court case decided to desegregate public schools in the U.S. IN 1954 However, segregation was still found in public schools, especially southern ones. It was noted that 14,000 blacks attended schools that consisted of 99% black students in the Mecklenburg-Charlotte school system. One of the major reasons for this was that blacks and whites tended to live in seperate parts of a city and, therefore, were in different school districts. The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education attempted to resolve this issue. It was proposed that the Mecklenburg-Charlotte school system should take a more active approach in order to desegregate. One major part of this proposal was that buses would be used to transport students to different school districts. 5/5 GOOD

**Does the court system have the right to take further, more rigorous action in an attempt to desegregate school systems? Would further action be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment? The Equal Protection Clause states that people cannot be denied equal protection of U.S. laws. In the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case, it had to be determined whether the courts had the right to make further remedies to decrease segregation in the school systems and still not violate the Equal Protection Clause. GOOD 5/5
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__**Decision:**__ The court decided that, in order to decrease segregation in public schools, further measures were appropriate. Changing school zones and busing students into different zones were acceptable. The only time that busing into different zones should be banned is when a student's health or education could be affected. In order to please those opposed to busing, the court stated that at a later time, when schools were more racially balanced, the school board could establish its own zones and busing procedures. The vote was unanimous, 9-0. GOOD 5/5

__**Significance:**__ The court's decision was a large step in integrating public schools. Although the Brown v. Board of Education decision stated that segregation should be eliminated in public schools, segregation still existed, especially in the South. Because blacks and white generally lived in different parts of a city, their children attended schools with other students of the same race. The Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg case directly addressed this issue, taking a more active approach in eliminating segregation. By allowing students to be bussed into different zones, the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg case helped to accelerate desegregation. This great effort towards desegregation would beneficially affect generations to come. 5/5

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__**References:**__ (n.d.). //Swann v. charlotte-mecklenburg board of education//. Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0402_0001_ZS.html

(n.d.). //Swann v. charlotte-mecklenburg bd. of ed.//. Retrieved from http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1970/1970_281

(n.d.). //Swann v. charlotte-mecklenburg board of education//. Retrieved from http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Swann+v.+Charlotte-Mecklenburg+Board+of+Education

Bkmarcus. (2008, November 4). //Lowercase liberty - ancient busing//. Retrieved from http://bkmarcus.com/blog/2008/11/04

(n.d.). //Supreme court cases (summary)//. Retrieved from http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/casesummary.asp

(n.d.). //Swann v. charlotte-mecklenburg board of educ.//. Retrieved from http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Swann/

Liptak, A. (2006, December 10). //Brown v. board of education, second round//. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/weekinreview/10liptak.html

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25/25 = 100% (A+) NICE JOB ON A VERY DIFFICULT CASE - GOOD WORK!