Synopsis

The 1970s witnessed a crucial period of testing for the antidiscrimination legal precedents established during the civil rights movement decades prior. In Boston, pockets of white resistance erupted, manifesting as violent opposition to a federal court order mandating school desegregation. Meanwhile, in Atlanta, Mayor Maynard Jackson, the city’s first black leader, demonstrated the potential efficacy of affirmative action, though this approach faced legal challenges with the landmark Bakke Supre