Chapter

The Quiet Role White Parents Played In Dismantling School Integration
27:15 - 32:48 (05:33)

Some white parents played a quieter, but more forceful role in dismantling school integration efforts during the 1960s. By manipulating the zoning laws and protesting against busing, they were able to maintain a segregated education system.

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While white mothers in Queens in the 1960s yelling about zoning changes and busing played a role in killing school integration efforts, a smaller group of white parents played a quieter but more influential role in ending integration plans, receiving disproportionate press coverage.
27:15 - 31:13 (03:58)
School Integration
Summary

While white mothers in Queens in the 1960s yelling about zoning changes and busing played a role in killing school integration efforts, a smaller group of white parents played a quieter but more influential role in ending integration plans, receiving disproportionate press coverage.

Chapter
The Quiet Role White Parents Played In Dismantling School Integration
Episode
Nice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
Podcast
Serial
The host discusses why some parents who advocate for school integration do not end up sending their children to integrated schools.
31:13 - 32:32 (01:18)
School Integration
Summary

The host discusses why some parents who advocate for school integration do not end up sending their children to integrated schools. An example of this is given through a conversation with Elaine Henke, a public school teacher who did not send her children to an integrated junior high school even though she believed in integration.

Chapter
The Quiet Role White Parents Played In Dismantling School Integration
Episode
Nice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
Podcast
Serial
A person describes a situation where there were disruptive kids and talks to a friend about it.
32:32 - 32:48 (00:16)
Kids
Summary

A person describes a situation where there were disruptive kids and talks to a friend about it.

Chapter
The Quiet Role White Parents Played In Dismantling School Integration
Episode
Nice White Parents - Ep. 2: ‘I Still Believe in It’
Podcast
Serial