DOJ says it's moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases
Summary
The U.S. Justice Department announced it plans to end more than 50 old court agreements designed to prevent racial segregation in schools. These agreements date back to the civil rights era and will be reviewed case by case to see if the schools have removed segregation.Key Facts
- The Justice Department wants to end long-term federal cases focused on stopping racial segregation in schools.
- These cases involve court orders called consent decrees, many from the 1960s and 1970s.
- Federal judges must approve the ending of these consent decrees.
- The cases addressed segregation resulting from "Jim Crow" laws and the "separate but equal" policy overturned in 1954 by Brown v. Board of Education.
- The department says many school districts have reached "unitary status," meaning they no longer practice segregation.
- Some cases have already been dismissed in places like Tennessee, Florida, and Mississippi.
- Critics worry that ending these agreements could increase racial segregation and discrimination in schools.
- The Justice Department is reviewing each case individually to make decisions about dismissal.
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