Crosstown busing to compensate for de facto segregation was begun on a fairly large scale in Nashville during the 1960s. Progress was made, but critics argued that too many racial imbalances were left unaddressed. Among the data cited in the early 1970s are the following figures, showing the percentages of African-American students enrolled in a random sample of eighteen public schools
Schools in African-American Neighborhoods | Schools in White Neighborhoods |
36% | 21% |
28 | 14 |
41 | 11 |
32 | 30 |
46 | 29 |
39 | 6 |
24 | 18 |
32 | 25 |
45 | 23 |
Average: 35.9% | Average: 19.7% |
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionChapter 9 Solutions
An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications (6th Edition)
- Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw HillCollege Algebra (MindTap Course List)AlgebraISBN:9781305652231Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff HughesPublisher:Cengage Learning