Busing Blues: When Seattle Sent Black Kids To White North End From 1978, when the busing program started, to 1999, when it was shelved, minorities carried the burden of busing, piling onto buses from the South End and the Central Area that were headed for predominantly white schools in the North End. Tonya Mosley
'Where Are The Black People?' Struggling To Stay Connected What is it like to be black in the fifth whitest major city in America? It’s not an easy question to answer. Seattle’s black population hovers around 8 percent, with more leaving every year. Tonya Mosley
Aaron Dixon: Co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party Aaron Dixon co-founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968. It was one of the first to form outside of California. KUOW Staff
