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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.

This picture of the Austin's 1928 city plan shows how Austin's City Council planned to implement racial segregation by creating communities in the outskirts of Austin specifically for racial minorities.

This image shows students being bused to majority-white schools in 1971, after Austin ISD begins mandatory one-way busing to meet federal desegregation rules.

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.