My parents were anti busing advocates and I was caught up in it as high school student. My location was the SF valley in LA though. Same perceptions and politics.

My lasting objection is how forced busing disenfranchised middle class parents from voting with their feet for the benefit of their children educational opportunities. The far better answer was to improve the schools in minority neighborhoods. That and to not use students as devices in social engineering.

Still a good topic for a Page.