April 24, 1991
High Court to Rule on Mississippi Plan to End Segregation
Case may shape states' efforts to make up for past discriminationWashington, D.C. -- The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether civil-rights laws require states that once ran segregated college systems to do anything more than replace discriminatory rules with race-neutral policies.
The case before the Court involves Mississippi, but legal experts said the outcome would be likely to affect all of the Southern and border states that once practiced legal
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