Word: mccauley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McCauley, a dry-wall finisher from the Kentucky hill country, and his wife, an articulate spokeswoman for Save Our Community Schools, are keeping their children home to protest the busing plan. Their two boys would have had to get up at 6:35 a.m. and ride a bus for 50 minutes to reach Parkland Junior High, a black ghetto school 22 miles away in Louisville. "They won't go there-ever," vows Mrs. McCauley...
...parents object primarily to what they consider the inferior education and disorderly conditions at Parkland. Mrs. McCauley visited it last year and claims that "it hadn't been painted in eight years. There was no maintenance." Moreover, they have heard rumors of stabbings, rapes and other crimes in the Parkland neighborhood...
...McCauleys understand blacks who want to go to better schools. "But," asks McCauley, "why don't they just upgrade their schools? I just can't see sending my children in there to get a lower education so that they can get a better...
More broadly, the McCauleys feel put upon by Government. "We've been shoved," says Mrs. McCauley. "Unemployment is running wild; inflation is killing us. Now the Federal Government steps in and orders this busing. We're fighting for our freedom as Americans." Sadly she adds, "I get up some mornings and feel like I want to secede...
...boycott seems to lose momentum, the McCauleys worry that truancy charges may be brought against the children. "We feel like there's a gun in our back," protests Mrs. McCauley. They say they would never resort to violence to block busing. But, predicts McCauley, "after the Guard leaves, all hell is going to break loose...