Sounding the alarm: NAACP blasts backsliding as La. moves to scrap school desegregation orders - American Press

Sounding the alarm: NAACP blasts backsliding as La. moves to scrap school desegregation orders - American Press

Federal school desegregation orders — arising from landmark cases like Brown v. Board of Education — are being lifted in Louisiana, freeing districts from decades-old oversight. The Justice Department and state officials argue these 1960s-era orders are outdated. The local NAACP branch begs to differ, arguing that lifting the orders would reverse progress — particularly in Calcasieu Parish, where they claim several districts continue to exhibit …