Statement "on the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban busing"

Title

Statement "on the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban busing"

Description

A short statement by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin on the defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment in the House of Representatives to ban busing. Congressman AuCoin called the defeat of the proposed constitutional amendment a "victory for those who seek a just and more equal society." Busing, also called desegration busing or race-integration busing, was the practice of busing students to public schools outside of or within their school district in order to encourage racial integration. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date: Display

July 24, 1979

Identifier

PUA_MS147_363

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Busing for school integration

Place

United States

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text