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Mississippi district will desegregate schools after half-century fight
Mississippi district will desegregate schools after half-century fight
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/MPtO0_KfKc1g...1492d4b21b.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-...50839a8e00.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-...32c6f24ba1.jpg Cleveland, Mississippi schools have been segregated for decades, but the area's predominantly black and predominantly white schools will **w merge after a half-century-long legal battle ended on Monday, with a federal court ruling that said the **tion of "separate but equal" had to go. “Six decades after the Supreme Court in*Brown v. Board of Education*declared that ‘separate but equal has ** place’ in public schools, this decision serves as a reminder to districts that delaying desegregation obligations is both unacceptable and unconstitutional,” Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said in an online statement.* Read more... More about Schools, Desegregation, Segregation, Mississippi, and Justice Departmenthttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/gp043VlZwvQ |
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