October 29, 2004
Supreme Court Clears Way for Settlement of College-Desegregation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to hear an appeal seeking to overturn a $503-million plan to settle Mississippi's long-running college-desegregation lawsuit.
Many of the original plaintiffs in the case oppose the settlement, arguing that it would leave intact historical inequities in higher education for black students in the state, and had asked the court to reject the plan.
The decision clears the way for the state to close out the case, now almost 30 years old, and
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