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Jean De Lafayette Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois.

Education

Remembering the Legislation That Kept Northern Schools Segregated

The Milliken v. Bradley ruling sanctioned a form of segregation that has allowed suburbs to escape being included in court-ordered desegregation and busing plans with nearby cities.

Jon Hale

Civil rights activist Reverend Francis Griffin holds school books donated for the private schooling of black children, circa 1959. Prince Edward County, Virginia, shut down its public school system to avoid having to desegregate.

Reparations Are Possible—They Happened in Virginia

In his new book, Ken Woodley recounts how Prince Edward County, Virginia, finally began to make amends.

Peter C. Baker

Residents walk past one of the few remaining Chicago Housing Authority Cabrini-Green public housing buildings January 12th, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

A Major Chicago Public-Housing Lawsuit Is Wrapping Up. The Segregation It Fought Against Lives on.

Over 50 years after the "Gautreaux" case began, the city's neighborhoods remain divided along racial lines.

Sophie Kasakove

Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Elkhart, Indiana, on May 10th, 2018.

Social Justice

Regional Immigration, Local Segregation: The Toxic Mix That Triggers Whites’ Fears

New research suggests neighborhood-level diversity can reduce perceived threat, but regional diversity has the opposite effect.

Tom Jacobs

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Taking Freedom: School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

On racial segregation in American schools, using the example of St. Louis, Missouri, and its Normandy district.

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Women protest against integration outside William Franz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.

Social Justice

‘Segregation’s Constant Gardeners’: How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive

Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.

Rebecca Stoner

Social Justice

How Dividing County School Districts Can Lead to de Facto Segregation

In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.

Barry Yeoman

An American flag hangs on a home in Maywood, California.

Economics

Does Segregation Beget Segregation?

Two poverty researchers talk about the social forces reinforcing the cycle of segregation.

Dwyer Gunn

Education

Will America’s Schools Ever Be Desegregated?

Though there are practical obstacles to school integration, it's not an unreachable ideal.

Rachel Cohen & Will Stancil

Social Justice

What Happens When Citizens Call for a Ceasefire?

Baltimore has seen a sharp spike in murders since the summer of 2015, which became its most violent year with 344 homicides. In 2016, the city saw 318 people murdered. This year is set to look even worse.

Baynard Woods