Let’s get down to business, how do you really feel about forced busing?
Title
Let’s get down to business, how do you really feel about forced busing?
Creator
MacNelly, Jeff
Description
Before Richard Nixon's first-ever visit to the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), he gave some opinions on the very controversial use of busing to end school segregation. Nixon declared his opposition to the idea of busing to integrate school children as it gave the federal government more power over people’s lives. While many Americans agreed with Nixon, his statement was not received well by those who had protested in the civil rights movement. To the annoyance of his administration, the issue followed him on his visit to the communist state. MacNelly contrasts the ideological positions between the two men by inferring that Chairman Mao would approach integrated busing much differently than Nixon.
Source
Chicago Tribune
Format
jpeg
Contributor
Ellis, Ian
Type
cartoon
Is Part Of
National Political Cartoon Collection, Volume 405
Date
Spring 2023
Language
english
Date Copyrighted
February 22, 1972
Collection
Citation
MacNelly, Jeff, “Let’s get down to business, how do you really feel about forced busing?,” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed October 31, 2025, https://dmz4.loras.edu/items/show/9023.