Two decades after Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court struck down a desegregation order—and paved the way for today’s ...

Today is the deadline for Southern school districts to file their 1966-67 desegregation plans (or compliance forms) with the federal Office of Education. Districts which do not file plans can have ...

Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever. Path to Integration Before a first-grader named Ruby Bridges entered ...

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TUESDAY MARKED 50 YEARS SINCE THE LOUISVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT MERGED WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT. THE PLAN CALLED FOR RACIAL INTEGRATION THROUGH BUSSING. FORMER J-C-P-S BOARD PRESIDENT DIANE ...

The 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education laid the foundation for racial desegregation of schools across America, declaring separate institutions to be inherently unequal.

Explore AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's documentaries that examine the deeply mixed legacy of America’s efforts to racially integrate public schools ... with a federal desegregation order.

As a successful plaintiff in a school desegregation lawsuit, she would be one of two African-American students to attend formerly all-white Rivers High School in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Huntsville City Schools district is seeking partial release from its federal court desegregation order. The district will ...

Suspending the merit-based screening system that for years has guided admissions to New York City’s most selective middle schools, Mayor Bill de Blasio framed the move as a long-needed step toward ...