The racial makeup of Charlotte Mecklenburg schools before Swann was little intregrated. Approximately 29% of schools were negro (24,000) and about 14,000 of the African-American students attended the 21 schools that were 99% African-American populated. The desegregation plan was approved by the District Court in 1965. Throughout Brown vs. Board of Education, and the Supreme Courts ruling in 1954, CMS remained segregated. In 1965 Darius and Vera Swann, an African-American couple filed a lawsuit against the district's schools, because their son was not allowed to attend a widely considered white school. This case was brought before US District Judge James McMillan, who ruled that CMS schools needed to incorporate desegregation and integration policies onto the schools. One area that was affected was the busing, which found an increase in transportation costs from 542,000 to 2 million dollars annually. Eventually this would be overuled in 2000-2001, and busing how we had known it ceased to exist. The effect it had on Charlotte history is still seen today, forced integration brought toghether two tense races in a way that would not occur otherwise. Through the fights and hour-long busrides, schools and races have become more open to all ethnic groups.