antibusing

American  

[an-tee-buhs-ing, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈbʌs ɪŋ, ˌæn taɪ- /

Or antibussing

adjective

1. opposing legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.

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Etymology

Origin of antibusing

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; anti- + busing

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He did not release the new study for months, but he did give many interviews and also filed an affidavit in federal court bolstering an antibusing appeal in strife-torn Boston.

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The 16-year-old daughter of a militant antibusing leader has given up hope of becoming a speech therapist after staying home last year.

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Although he is conservative fiscally, he voted against the antibusing amendment and for extension of the Equal Rights Amendment.

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Despite the penalty, clusters of teachers kept up the strike, often marching in picket lines inside the "buffer zones" set up for antibusing demonstrators near such trouble-prone schools as South Boston and Charlestown.

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On Nov. 7 it became the first city in the Northwest to elect a black mayor: Democratic Councilman Norm Rice, who campaigned strongly against an antibusing referendum proposal called Save Our Schools.

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