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This article details the history of failed desegregation in Austin (spanning from 1928 to 1987) and how the domino effects of that event led to AISD's decision to shut down underenrolled schools in 2019.

A photo is taken of a mother explaining to her daughter the significance of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education that ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools in unconstitutional.

This is a newspaper clipping contained in the blue folder. It is an article from The Austin Citizen, written on September 17th, 1980 by Carol Kruhl. It discusses the demographic effects of bussing of "Anglo" students to Metz as a desegregation effort…