Recent rulings in St. James and St. John the Baptist Parish highlight why federal oversight is still important amid push by DOJ and Attorney General Liz Murrill to get rid of it.

FERRIDAY, La. (AP) — Even at a glance, the differences are obvious. The walls of Ferriday High School are old and worn, surrounded by barbed wire. Just a few miles away, Vidalia High School is clean ...

On Jan. 19, 1976, federal Judge John Reynolds ordered Milwaukee Public Schools to desegregate, in response to a lawsuit filed by lawyer and state Rep. Lloyd Barbee. The ruling prompted sweeping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy-five years ago, President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the U.S. military. At long last, a nation founded ...

Jazz played a surprising yet powerful role in the desegregation of U.S. military bands. During World War II, African American musicians were often restricted to all-Black units despite their talent ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It could cost Tucson Unified School District millions of dollars. The Arizona Supreme Court says state government is not required to reimburse TUSD for the money it spends on ...

In conservative push to redefine the 14th Amendment, Los Angeles schools are on the front line ...

Several years after Education Week was launched in the early 1980s, the 30 th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education presented our Opinion section with the first occasion for what has become a ...

FERRIDAY, La. — Even at a glance, the differences are obvious. The walls of Ferriday High School are old and worn, surrounded by barbed wire. Just a few miles away, Vidalia High School is clean and ...