Sukari Garlington

School Busing: Does it Help or Harm Black Students?

Desegregation and school busing has always been a complex and controversial issue in the Black community of Los Angeles.  Since the LAUSD instituted school busing, magnet and integration programs in the 1970s, many Black parents have felt that they needed to have their children bused to predominantly White areas to receive a better quality of education or to learn in a safer environment.