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Sixty Years of School Desegregation Ends | Texas News
After 60 years of federal oversight, a Louisiana school district has been freed from a desegregation order — a move cheered by state officials as a return to local control, but met with concern by civil rights advocates who say it could undo progress on racial equity in education. The case, rooted in a 1965 lawsuit challenging segregated schools, saw federal courts enforce integration for decades — even helping a white charter school enroll more Black students. Now, with demographics shifting and the original plaintiffs no longer involved, the Trump-era push to end such orders has landed a…
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