The case, which has been going through the court system for seven years, could be closer to seeing a resolution after an ...

‘Two Schools Within a School’: The De Facto Segregation In Cambridge’s Only Public High School By Ayaan Ahmad, Crimson Staff WriterMay 28, 2025 By Catherine H. Feng ...

In order to get a court to endorse this solution, the plaintiffs had to show that what looked like de-facto segregation, just the pattern resulting from personal housing choices, was a result of ...

After the Civil Rights era, Black people, under law, were no longer America’s de facto poor class. Civil rights leaders, like Martin Luther King Jr., were fighting for a vision of equality for Black ...

Often referred to as de facto segregation, schools in the North were typically segregated, but not by law. Instead, it was based on where people lived.

But remember what it was originally designed for—to address the historic racism and oppression of black Americans through slavery and Jim Crow, de facto segregation in some of the Northern ...

On Monday, Boston, along with the rest of the country, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr., whose historic demonstrations against legally sanctioned segregation in the South often overshadow the ...

A powerful new book by the law professor Michelle Adams recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools and the case’s relevance today.

Sixty years after the Supreme Court struck down segregation, complicated social factors are leading schools to resegregate, which experts say is still harmful.

During enslavement, Black people were forced to labor for the enrichment of the burgeoning U.S. After slavery was abolished, Jim Crow laws, Black Codes in the South, and de facto segregation inflicted ...

It is why the de facto segregation of our schools and neighborhoods for instance is so pernicious — it’s not just about the wicked intersection of race and poverty but an even bigger problem ...

Blackwell School in Marfa, Texas, one of many that Mexican American kids were forced to attend apart from their white peers, is now a national park.