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Photo gallery: Desegregation in TUSD
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Photo gallery: Desegregation in TUSD

  • Jan 29, 2010
  • Jan 29, 2010 Updated Jul 5, 2014
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Hearings and meetings about desegregation in 1978 and today's TUSD students looking to the future.

2010: Getting to and from the school of choice

2010: Getting to and from the school of choice
Didi Dieke, an eighth-grader from Utterback Middle Magnet School for the Arts, rides the bus home from school. Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star

2010: Utterback students take the bus

2010: Utterback students take the bus
Layne Shaw, 12, center, a sixth-grader at Utterback Middle Magnet School for the Arts, talks with friends on the bus ride home from school. Jill Torrance/Arizona Daily Star

2010: Early morning ride to school

2010: Early morning ride to school
Skye Johnson cycles to Carson Middle School via Stella Road just before dawn. She was originally assigned to Utterback School. Her mother petitioned for her daughter to go to nearby Carson, but because the school isn’t her assigned one, she wasn’t eligible for busing. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

2010: IB comes to Cholla

2010: IB comes to Cholla
International Baccalaureate students Yanais Silva, 17, Marcela Saenz, 16, Alberto Carrera, 17, at computer, Joseph Cheav, 17, and Camaliel Legaspi, 17, prepare a presentation for their teacher in their history class at Cholla High Magnet School. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

2010: Safford as a "magnet" school

2010: Safford as a "magnet" school
Eighth grader Micole Moraga gets help with her styrofoam mag-lev vehicle during a technology class at Safford Engineering/Technology Magnet Middle School. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Desegregration order filed at federal courthouse

1978: Desegregration order filed at federal courthouse
Outside of the courthouse at the filing of the Tucson Unified School District desegregation ruling by Judge WM Frey in 1978. Jack Sheaffer/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Desegregation press conference

1978: Desegregation press conference
TUSD Superintendent Wilbur Lewis, right, with attorneys Richard Yetwin and William Brammer, speak to the Tucson media in 1978. Joe Vitti/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Desegregration meeting

1978: Desegregration meeting
Parents line up to speak to the TUSD school board during a desegregation meeting at Tucson High School in 1978. Art Grasberger/Arizona Daily Star

1978: School board desegegation meeting

1978: School board desegegation meeting
The TUSD board met for four hours in 1978, accepting resolutions and amendments to propositions at the final desegregation meeting at Tucson High School. Sarah Leen/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Grijalva during desegration

1978: Grijalva during desegration
Raul Grijalva, former TUSD board member, now a U.S. Congressman, in though during the final desegregation meeting at Tucson High School in 1978. Sarah Leen/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Parents meeting

1978: Parents meeting
Desegregation meeting of parents at Himmel Park in 1978. Scott Braucher/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Parents meeting

1978: Parents meeting
A student holds a sign during a meeting of parents at Himmel Park in 1978. Scott Braucher/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Long meeting

1978: Long meeting
The school board met for four hours accepting resolutions and amendments to propositions at the final desegregation meeting at Tucson High School in 1978. Sarah Leen/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Parents want their schools kept open

1978: Parents want their schools kept open
Signs adorned a TUSD school board desegregation meeting at Tucson High School in 1978. Art Grasberger/Arizona Daily Star

1978: Parents speak their minds

1978: Parents speak their minds
David Yetman speaks at a desegregation meeting at Tucson High School in 1978, while others wait their turn at the mic. Art Grasberger/Arizona Daily Star

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