Busing began in Denver in 1974 when a federal judge ordered the city to desegregate its schools.

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From 1975 to 2000, for example, the Jefferson County school district remained under a court order to desegregate.

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The military also responded to need when it began to desegregate its forces.

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Tongue in cheek and hand on heart, Waters re-imagined the civil rights movement as the struggle to desegregate The Hop.

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But a 1974 case from the Detroit metro area "slammed the door shut, " Douglas said, on attempts to desegregate Northern urban areas.

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Obama also retold the story about the Greensboro Four --students who did more than participate in a sit-in at Woolworths to desegregate lunch counters during the 1960s.

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After the ruling not to merge school districts, a group of people who called themselves "Joshua Intervenors" sued the Little Rock district, saying it had not done enough to desegregate.

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