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DOJ closes desegregation order at Louisiana school district after nearly 60 years
In 1975, the court found Plaquemines Parish schools had been properly integrated, but the case was never removed from the ...
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DOJ ends decades-old school desegregation case in Plaquemines Parish
The U.S. Department of Justice has dismissed the longstanding federal school desegregation case for Plaquemines Parish, with ...
DOJ voluntarily dismisses half-century old Louisiana desegregation case
After over 50 years, an open desegregation case against Plaquemines Parish School Board filed by the U.S. Department of ...
Justice Department ends Civil Rights-era school desegregation order in Louisiana
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its ...
DOJ closes case in Louisiana desegregating a school district after nearly 60 years
The DOJ dismissed the case against the Plaquemines Parish School Board, after suing for desegregation in the mid-1960s.
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DOJ officially closes desegregation order at Louisiana school after nearly 60 years
Dozens of school districts across the South remain under court-enforced agreements dictating steps to work toward integration ...
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DOJ officially closes desegregation order at Louisiana school after nearly 60 years
No longer will the Plaquemines Parish School Board have to devote precious local resources over an integration issue that ended two generations ago,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K.
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DOJ closes case in Louisiana desegregating a school district after nearly 60 years
Per a DOJ press release, officials pursued legal action against the Plaquemines Parish School Board in 1966. At the time, the parish was reportedly spearheaded by Leander Perez, who championed ...