DOJ: Miss. schools still segregated despite order

Shelia Byrd:

A public school district in Mississippi and the federal government are divided over whether the schools are complying with a desegregation order that dates back to the civil rights era.

The Justice Department has asked a judge to order the Cleveland Public School District "to devise and implement a desegregation plan that will immediately dismantle its one-race schools," but an attorney for the district said it has been following the latest order and sends the federal government updates on its integration attempts.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 6, 2011 1:40 AM
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