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Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schools

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
Legacy of Jim Crow still affects funding for public schoolsSchool funding inequities persist along racial and economic lines. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Nearly 70 years ago – in its 1954 Brown v. Board decision – the Supreme Court framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. It did not, however, challenge the lengths to which states went to ensure the...

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