LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Courier Journal and WHAS11 are teaming up for a community conversation on busing. The conversation will happen on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Academy at Shawnee high school.

It's called "50 Years after busing: A community conversation."

Sept. 4, 1975 was the first day of school for Jefferson County Public Schools under the new federal court order of desegregation.

Louisville was hit with widespread anti-busing protests and violence. The integration and court ordered busing across the community were part of a federal court order to desegregate the city and county school districts, but the plan faced backlash, leading to violence, including bus fires and rock throwing.

The National Guard was called to Louisville to protect students on buses and were station

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