The high court sent a message to the country in Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, the now famous case that permitted busing of students to achieve racial integration. Public schools could no longer ignore the mandates of Brown v Board of Education, the case that was supposed to have ended America’s policy of "separate but equal."

All schools had to integrate immediately. Although busing children to different school districts seemed like a reasonable "fix," tremendous protests once again erupted throughout the country.

For thirty years, Swann was the law. The country, and its schools, were becoming integrated. Busing students from one district to another was part of daily life during the academic year.

But things change - and so do laws.