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As a child, Kamala Harris was bused in school integration plan that resonates in Michigan

By: Lily Altavena


Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris once shared that in the 1970s, she was one of the many schoolchildren bused across Berkeley, California, in an experiment to integrate the area's schools, according to the New York Times.

Fifty years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision in a school desegregation case that began in Detroit -- a decision that has had ripple effects across the state and the nation for decades.



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