July 28, 2006

Desegregation Case Gets Next Trial Date

By SARA HEBEL

The federal judge overseeing Alabama's 25-year-old college-desegregation lawsuit has set a trial date for October 2 to resolve several outstanding issues in the case. Those include calls from black citizens for more need-based aid, for additional funds for facilities at historically black colleges, and for increased faculty diversity at the state's predominantly white institutions.

The judge, Harold L. Murphy of the U.S. District Court in Rome, Ga., has already presided over two

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