PugJesusMississippi's first legally married interracial couple, Berta and Roger Mills, enjoying their wedding cake. USA, 1970.
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDThe #GreensboroFour staged the first of the #GreensboroSitIns on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960. First target was the "Whites Only" lunch counter in a #Woolworths department store. Sit-ins lasted until 25 July, forced #desegregation at the store chain, & catalyzed formation of #SNCC.
15 year-old Dorothy Counts, the only Black student in her newly desegregated school, is harassed by white students. Family friend Dr. Edwin Tompkins accompanies her. North Carolina, USA, 1957
Lyle Solla-Yateshttps://www.binnews.com/content/2025-12-16-black-teen-who-fought-segregation-replaces-robert-e-lee-in-us-capitol/ #Virginia “Are we going to just accept these conditions, or are we going to do something about it?” #desegregation
NonilexThe only reason to pursue this case is to prove you are a #racist asshole.
The #Trump admin’s efforts to overturn a 1960s #school #desegregation court order is facing pushback…
After the judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the school system & #Louisiana filed an appeal…
The school system has become a focal point in the admin’s attempt to end legal cases that reach back to the #CivilRights era.
#law #WhiteSupremacy #Trump
https://apnews.com/article/desegregation-school-louisiana-concordia-789b083a875ddfe21e36e5eec4127bfb
White House push to end desegregation cases faces legal test
The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana. After the judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the Concordia Parish school system and the state on Tuesday filed an appeal of a decision. The case offers the first major test of the government’s attempt to quickly end some of the long-running cases. Louisiana state officials say the cases are outdated. Some families say the court orders are still needed to improve education at the area’s mostly Black schools.
Wittgenstein's MonsterFederal troops escorted nine brave Black students into Little Rock Central High School, enforcing desegregation.
🎓 A Sonnet for Integration:
They walked through walls of spit and shouted hate,
Their books held tight like shields against the storm.
Though fear and rage stood guard at every gate,
They carved a path to make the future form...
#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Desegregation #Poetry #CivilRights #EshuElegbara
📅 September 23, 1957
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas to escort 9 Black students into Central High School, facing down mobs and a defiant governor.
They became known as the Little Rock Nine.
#LittleRockNine #ThisDayInHistory #Poetry #CivilRights #Desegregation #BlackHistory #Justice
https://www.cbs19news.com/news/remembering-the-charlottesville-12/article_b6b411f0-717f-4789-8417-84c9f7d487e0.html “The General Assembly is making sure that moment is never forgotten. In a new proclamation, Sept. 8 is now officially Charlottesville 12 Day.” #cville #desegregation #Virginia
US District Judge Dee Drell has yet to decide on the request.
#Trump’s #DOJ & #Louisiana’s AG have worked to end older #desegregation cases they claim are no longer needed. In April, they lifted a 1965 order in LA’s #PlaqueminesParish.
#Concordia’s filing says the orders interfere with local control.
In July, the #NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a brief arguing that there is “significant evidence that vestiges of #discrimination continue to harm #Black #students” in Concordia’s #schools.
WTAF?
The #Trump administration is siding with a #Louisiana #SchoolDistrict that says it should be released from decades-old #desegregation orders that some advocates say are still needed to address racial disparities.
In a motion filed Friday, the DOJ & the #ConcordiaParish #SchoolBoard agreed to dismiss a 1960s case that required the small district to integrate its #PublicSchools. Court orders have remained in place to address lingering impacts of #segregation.