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Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education, case decided in 1971 by the U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court, United States, highest court of the United States, established by Article 3 of the Constitution of the United States.

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..... Click the link for more information. . The Court held that the constitutional mandate (see Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka (see National Parks and Monuments , table).

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See study by J. T. Pattterson (2001).
..... Click the link for more information. ) to desegregate public schools did not require all schools in a district to reflect the district's racial composition, but that the existence of all-white or all-black schools must be shown not to result from segregation policies. The Court added that because bus transportation had traditionally been employed by school systems, busing could be used in efforts to correct racial imbalances.