Supreme Court approves busing remedies for school segregation in Swann

The Supreme Court rules in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education on April 20, 1971, approving busing, redrawn attendance zones, and other remedies to dismantle racially segregated school systems. Chief Justice Warren Burger writes that federal courts have broad equitable power to cure constitutional violations in school districts that maintained segregation. The decision becomes a major tool for enforcing Brown v. Board of Education. The ruling gives courts practical authority to confront school segregation that continued long after Brown.