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

Example Sentences

He recalled walking to school through crowds of white residents who bellowed at him for violating the antibusing boycott, a daily gantlet that gave him stomachaches.

From New York Times

Though “Catching the Wind” ends in yet another crisis moment, as Kennedy is surrounded by seething antibusing protesters in Boston, there are hints of what is to come: the maturation of a flawed but estimable public servant, wise and dedicated and determined to build a legislative legacy that would endure.

From Washington Post

“Parents simply won’t stand to have their children shuttled around from school to school to please some extremists,” antibusing leader Rosemary R. Gunning told the New York Times in 1964.

From Washington Post

Biden also has argued recently that he fought against everything that a group of segregationist senators stood for — even though letters found in the archives of Sen. James O. Eastland, a longtime Democratic senator from Mississippi, illustrate how Biden solicited his help on antibusing legislation.

From Washington Post

Between Joe Biden’s admitted friendliness with segregationists four decades ago and Sen. Kamala D. Harris’s recent attack on his antibusing stance from that same era, the pivotal issue at this juncture seems to be race.

From Washington Post