US EditionThe Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
- The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order against Plaquemines Parish schools in Louisiana this week, formally closing the case.
- The order stemmed from a 1966 lawsuit after local leaders, led by segregationist Leander Perez, resisted integrating schools despite the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
- The district had integrated by 1975, but the case stayed open for fifty years with minimal court or party action and ongoing Justice Department oversight through data requests as recently as 2023.
- According to a joint Justice Department and Louisiana Attorney General filing, the parties are satisfied that claims are fully resolved, though officials and activists differ on whether ending such orders risks reversing progress.
- The dismissal signals a shift under Trump-appointed officials who call desegregation orders burdensome, but experts warn it could undermine integration priorities amid most districts being more segregated now than in 1954.
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Trump Administration Ends Louisiana Desegregation Order as Project 2025 Agenda Advances
The Trump administration has ended a decades-old federal school desegregation order in Louisiana, signaling that other civil rights-era mandates may soon be repealed, as part of the Project 2025 blueprint to dismantle civil rights protections. The post Trump Administration Ends Louisiana Desegregation Order as Project 2025 Agenda Advances appeared first on The Washington Informer.
Trump’s DOJ Ends School Desegregation Order in Louisiana, Marking a Major Civil Rights Retreat
The Trump administration has ended a key school desegregation order in Louisiana that has been in place since 1966, signaling a significant retreat from Civil Rights-era protections aimed at ensuring racial integration in public schools. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice officially lifted its oversight of the Plaquemines Parish school district, a small area in southeastern Louisiana, CNN reports. The move marks a pivotal moment in the rollba…
DOJ closes desegregation order at Louisiana school district after nearly 60 years
The Department of Justice ended a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana, calling its existence a “historical wrong.” The 1966 legal agreement with Plaquemines Parish schools ended after being overlooked for half a century, the DOJ announced on Tuesday. In 1975, the court found the schools had been properly integrated, but the case was never removed from the court system, a DOJ news release said. “No longer will the Plaquemines Pari…
No, Trump Did Not Just Bring Back Segregation to Schools
In 1966, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit to desegregate schools in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The resulting federal consent decree mandated the dismantling of the district’s racially segregated school system.
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