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Opposition into busing comes into sharper focus. on march 25, 1977 biden wrote my bill strikes at the heart of injustice of court ordered busing. it prohibits federal courts from disrupting our education. biden sought and received support from mississippi senator eastland and a leading symbol of southern resistance to desegregation. he frequently smoke of blacks as a quote inferior race. >> there are a bunchests, james oeast of mississippi, thurman and so on. there were nine guys who were on the...

And a more equitable education. it was the mid-1970s. biden favored desegregation but not through busing. whats less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senates most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters reviewed by cnn, the strength of bidens opposition to busing comes into sharper focus. on march 25th, 1977, biden wrote my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered busing. it prohibits the federal courts from disrupting our educati...

Favored desegregation but not through bussing, less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senates most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters, the strength of bidens opposition to bussing comes into sharper focus. march 25, 1977, my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered bussing, prohibits the federal courts from disrupting our educational system. biden saw it and received support from mississippi senator james eastland. the democra...

Heard senator kamala harris say about bussing, that little girl was me? >> the issue about bussing for racial balance. not the bus that was us. most children are bussed every day then and now. suburban, buses with racial bounds came. boston and in l.a. and brooklyn on one side and joe was on the other side. biden on the other side. and then my judgment was the wrong side of history. >> you think it was the wrong side of history. biden said it was kamala harris mischaracterized his stance last ni...

Though you have a second round you cant change the past. you can evolve for sure. humans evolve, but let me remind our viewers of the past. he called kamala harris characterization of busing and whattee did a mischaracterization. but heres what we have. in 1977 he wrote this. my bill strikes at the heart of injustice of court ordered busing. i believe theres a growing sentiment in congress to curb on busing. he also wrote later to james eastlen, a fierce opponent. quote, i want you to know i ver...

Next weekend. and they say he needs to be energized by his supporters. what he needs to do is prove hes the front-runner. >> youve written a lot about the record, in fact back in april about his views about busing back in the 70s and how he opposed efforts to mandate busing. this is according to something you obtained. this is what joe biden wrote in 1977. he said my bill strikes at the heart of the injustice of court ordered busing. it prohibits from disrupting the educational system in the nam...