Posts tagged segregation

Mississippi may be tried over education funding, appeals court says

Mississippi may stand trial on allegations the state broke its promise to provide “a uniform system of free public schools.”

Mississippi News, EducationKatherine MitchellApril 2, 2020Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingmississippi news, education, segregation, Mississippi Public Schools, Education funding

63 years after Brown, segregated classrooms persist in one Mississippi school district

BROOKHAVEN — More than six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregated schools unconstitutional, one Mississippi school district has largely segregated classrooms — some all-black, some majority white.

EducationKatherine MitchellApril 1, 2019Mississippi Center for Investigative Reportingeducation, mississippi education, segregated, segregation, brown vs. board of education, brookhaven missippi, brookhaven education, brookhaven elementary school, jerry mitchell, mississippi center for investigative reporting, mcir