Excerpt from Ione Malloy's Account of the Conflict over Busing in Boston, 1965
The number of troopers in the building was increased instead of decreased, contrary to what the troopers had anticipated Friday when I talked to them. The two black boys— Martin and Jeffrey—and one white girl, Kathryn, were present in my homeroom today. Expecting a boycott, I was surprised to see any white students in school until I learned that a walkout of white students was anticipated at 9:45 A.M., when the parents, now gathering on the sidewalk, planned to walk in to protest the presence of steel combs in the school. Walkers (or white students) were permitted to leave by the side doors, if they preferred, so as not to be identified and, perhaps, intimidated by the now divided community. In South Boston families once friends are now enemies, since half support the antibusing boycott and the other half feel they have to educate their children.
Use the excerpt about busing in Boston to answer the question.
The account on busing in Boston BEST supports which of the following inferences?
A.
Cities had more trouble integrating schools than rural districts did.
B.
Segregation was less visible in the North and thus took longer to address.
C.
Desegregation issues of this decade concerned minor problems like busing.
D.
The integration of schools was less problematic in the North than in the South.