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Robert C. Byrd: “I am opposed to busing children around like cattle and treating them like guinea pigs in an utterly foolish social…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 1970
I am opposed to busing children around like cattle and treating them like guinea pigs in an utterly foolish social experiment which, in the long run, will not only create more racial unrest, but will also greatly impair the public school system and destroy quality education in this country.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Feb 16, 1970

Editor's note · Context

Supporting a freedom of choice amendment on school desegregation.

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