Buffalo public schools re-segregated after federal court lifted mandate

Higher values indicate the average Black student was more like to attend elementary school with white students

100 exposure index (100 = maximum exposure)

Less segregated

After the desegregation

order, Black and white

students were more

likely to attend

the same school

More segregated

75

The district re-segregated

when the court

lifted the order

50

25

0

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

100 exposure index (100 = maximum exposure)

Less segregated

After the desegregation

order, Black and white

students were more

likely to attend

the same school

More segregated

75

The district re-segregated

when the court

lifted the order

50

25

0

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

100 exposure index (100 = maximum exposure)

Less segregated

More segregated

75

After the desegregation

order, Black and white

students were more likely

to attend the same school

The district re-segregated

when the court lifted the order

50

25

0

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

100 exposure index (100 = maximum exposure)

Less segregated

More segregated

75

After the desegregation

order, Black and white

students were more likely

to attend the same school

The district re-segregated

when the court lifted the order

50

25

0

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

100 exposure index (100 = maximum exposure)

Less segregated

More segregated

75

After the desegregation

order, Black and white

students were more likely

to attend the same school

The district re-segregated

when the court lifted the order

50

25

0

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010