Six decades after the federal government ordered Concordia Parish to desegregate its schools, the district remains racially ...

In Concordia Parish, a struggle endures over court-ordered school desegregation. While some push to lift outdated mandates, ...

In Louisiana’s Concordia Parish, glaring disparities between neighboring schools highlight the persistence of racial and ...

Officials suggested that other desegregation orders dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered.

By Sarah Mervosh Republican leaders in Louisiana are pushing to end the last remnants of federally ordered school desegregation in their state, arguing that the era of racial exclusion is in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that ...

The U.S. Justice Department has lifted a decades-old school desegregation order in Louisiana, calling its continued existence a "historical wrong." The Justice Department ended the 1966 legal ...

If there's one thing that can be said about food in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, it's that it sure was creative. From fruit and mayo combos to ham banana hollandaise, and all the gelatin in between, ...

Nonprofits and a group of public school parents argue that the state's school system is unconstitutionally segregated.

Civil rights groups say the orders are important to keep as tools to address the legacy of forced segregation — including ...

When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the ...