Schools blighted by environmental neglect, struggling staff and outdated materials due to the racial makeup of their citizens hoped to elevate in time, but the changes could take years to correct, ...

Concordia is among more than 120 districts across the South that remain under desegregation orders from the 1960s and ’70s, including about a dozen in Louisiana. Calling the orders historical relics ...

In Louisiana’s Concordia Parish, glaring disparities between neighboring schools highlight the persistence of racial and economic segregation. As the federal government dismantles decades-old ...

Six decades after the federal government ordered Concordia Parish to desegregate its schools, the district remains racially divided. Black students make up more than 92% of Ferriday High School, ...

When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights ...

Norman Rockwell's painting of Ruby Bridges, a young Black girl escorted by federal authorities, symbolizes federal intervention against Louisiana's resistance to desegregation, highlighting courage ...

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting others ...

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting others ...

When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights ...

The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting others ...

When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights ...