Jun 25, 2019 · Biden was particularly effective in fighting integration because he did not use the overtly racist language of the segregationists, who warned of race mixing and black inferiority, …

May 5, 2019 · In the end, Biden and his fellow busing opponents failed to stymie court-ordered busing plans, which proved instrumental in sustaining school desegregation across the nation …

Apr 16, 2025 · Former President Joe Biden, while reflecting on his youth and witnessing segregation firsthand, referred to Black students as "colored kids" in his first major address …

In the weeks before his expected announcement of a presidential run, Joe Biden began taking heat for a stance he’s held since the 1970s against busing children to achieve racially balanced...

Jul 15, 2019 · Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing increased scrutiny over his record on busing and racial issues, and this week old comments resurfaced in which he said, in 1977, …

Aug 20, 2020 · After he was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at the age of 30, Biden abruptly changed course on an issue on which he had campaigned: School integration through busing. …

Jun 30, 2019 · Joe Biden said in a 1981 CNN interview that he opposed busing to desegregate schools and that he supported efforts to cut back on courts’ ability to order busing.

Jun 6, 2019 · Advocates for children and civil rights who have not yet given up entirely on the struggle to break down the walls of racial isolation in our public schools may want to take a …

Nov 23, 2025 · Biden's compromise solution between his white constituents at meetings and African-American leaders was to introduce legislation to outlaw the court's power to enforce …

Jul 3, 2019 · But one thing that does seem apparent is that Biden’s primary opponents see weakness in this part of his record, especially when coupled with the controversy over Biden’s …