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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 continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across the South should be eliminated.

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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.

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Department of Justice ends desegregation order in Louisiana parish

The Trump administration called the existence of a 1966 school desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish a “historical wrong.”

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Civil rights investigation finds pattern of excessive force by Louisiana State Police

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive ... released Thursday by the U.S. Justice Department. A broad civil rights inquiry, announced in 2022 following an Associated Press ...

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Louisiana House committee advances bill to eliminate wrongful conviction compensation law

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana House committee on Wednesday (April 23) advanced a controversial measure that would ...

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