April 28, 2000

Racial Disputes Stymie Efforts to Achieve Desegregation in Louisiana and Mississippi

By ERIK LORDS

Lawsuits, old and new, hamstring two states still shedding the legacy of Jim Crow

The desegregation of Southern colleges, for decades one of the most fiery policy issues in the region, is again inflaming passions.

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A special section with documents and background articles on the desegregation of public higher education

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