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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 caucus that i ran against in the civil rights movement. >> reporter: but he did not say eastland an...

And a more equitable education. it was the mid-1970s. biden favored desegregation but not through busing. what's less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senate's most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters reviewed by cnn, the strength of biden's 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 educational system. he received support from eastland. he frequently spoke of blacks as, quote, an infer...

Favored desegregation but not through bussing, less known is how he followed the lead of some of the senate's most fervent segregationists. in a series of never before published letters, the strength of biden's 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 democratic chairman of the judiciary committee and a leading southern resistance to desegregation. spoke ...

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 night, but when you look back at what he wrote and did in the 1970s, you can't dispute what he did, ri...

Though you have a second round you can't 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 here's what we have. in 1977 he wrote this. my bill strikes at the heart of injustice of court ordered busing. i believe there's 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 very much appreciate your help during this week's committee meeting attempting to bring my anti-bus...