BENJAMIN S. (BENJAMIN SHAMBAUGH) HORACK (1917-) PAPERS, 1952, 1968-1971. 760 items,
including 58 vols. (4 ft.)
Papers of a Charlotte attorney relating to his defense of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board
of Education in the landmark case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of
Education, the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that busing to achieve
racial integration of public schools is constitutional. Consists primarily of legal
documentation of proceedings and briefs prepared by defendants and plaintiffs for
presentation to the U.S. District Court for Western North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals, and the Supreme Court. Also includes maps of proposed attendance zones, notes and
correspondence, data on pupil placement plans and school transportation costs, clippings, and
material relating to previous desegregation cases and to satellite suits, especially
involving the North Carolina antibusing statute. (See also Julius L. Chambers)