In 1971, the federal court ordered these schools included in a citywide desegregation busing program. The magnet schools were established in 1977 as an alternative to forced desegregation busing. In the mid-1970s, Biden was one of the Senate's leading opponents of desegregation busing. South Boston has also left its mark on history with Boston busing desegregation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandated desegregation in public accommodations. He was an early proponent of ordination of women and racial desegregation within mainline churches. The Montgomery bus boycott resounded far beyond the desegregation of public buses. Outraged national reaction resulted in the enforcement of desegregation of interstate public transportation. The schools continue to operate under a Federal desegregation order. In 1948, Doolittle advocated the desegregation of the US military. Wallace hoped that southern states could use their clout to end federal efforts at desegregation. This led Douglass to become an early advocate for school desegregation. He had previously attended Union High School until it was closed due to desegregation. It was considered by many to be a protest against school desegregation. But that progress will be nullified by a program of rapid, enforced desegregation.