Busing In Boston Pre-1973

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 7: Mike Carter and Christine Costella, both from Dorchester, are the only two children who rode the first school bus to arrive at the newly opened Joseph Lee Elementary School in Boston on Sept. 7, 1971. In order to balance the new school, which is located in a predominantly black neighborhood, district lines had to be drawn which excluded some children who live near the school. Many white parents boycotted the school and sent their children to the Fifield and O'Hearn schools, where most of them went last year. (Photo by Joe Runci/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)