In 2025, DOJ finally closes Louisiana school desegregation case

In 2025, DOJ finally closes Louisiana school desegregation case

The DOJ dismissed the case against the Plaquemines Parish School Board, after suing for desegregation in the mid-1960s.

The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

Justice Department ends decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana. Others expected to fall

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.