The Charlotte lawsuit raises new doubts about the future ofschoolintegration in the United States at a time when national studies show that schools are starting to resegregate.
Forty years ago, progressives were sure that court-ordered busing ofschool children to achieve racial integration represented a great victory over bigotry and oppression.
Van Zyl had the pedigree and the guts: She led the integrationof Pretoria High School for Girls, the first all-white school in the region to accept black students as the veil of apartheid lifted.