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Tell us: How has Boston busing affected you or your family?

A crowd watches as a bus carrying students returns to Columbia Point with broken windows on Sept. 12, 1974, the first day of school under the new busing system put in place to desegregate Boston Public Schools.Don Preston/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe

When Black Bostonians demanded equality in education decades ago, the courts gave them busing.

On June 21, 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity ordered Boston students be bused to desegregate city schools. But data show that busing has never been an effective way to provide equal educational opportunities to students of color or to close the achievement gaps that persist to this day.

We want to hear from students of the 70s and beyond. Tell us what it was like going to school after the 1974 busing decision.

In what ways were you or your family affected? What have you learned about busing’s aftermath since you were in school?

Fill out the form below to share your experience. Your feedback may be featured in an article or on social media. Or if you’d prefer to tell us your thoughts on the series, leave a comment below.

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Jenna Reyes can be reached at jenna.reyes@globe.com. Follow her @jennaelaney and Instagram @jennaelaney.