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Why schools still can't put segregation behind them

  • Written by Derek Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
imageThe Supreme Court ruling of Brown v. Board of Education to desegregate U.S. public schools sparked protests across the country. This one took place in Louisville, Kentucky, 1956. AP Photo

A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale – a predominantly white city in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama – can move forward in...

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