Progress Made, Progress Still Needed

Today the U.S. Fifth Circuit released an opinion in Moses v. Washington Parish School Board. The case concerns Bowling Green School. In the 1970, a federal district court found that Bowling Green had been established to preserve racially segregated education, and enjoined the Washington Parish School Board from providing textbooks, equipment, transportation, or any other assistance to Bowling Green. Fast forward to the 1990s: To make its students eligible for TOPS scholarships, Bowling Green admitted its first African-American student. But the district court refused to lift its earlier injunction, because the court was not yet satisfied that Bowling Green had "demonstrated a good faith commitment to eliminating the vestiges of past discrimination" or had made "meaningful progress toward becoming a non-discriminatory school." Today the Fifth Circuit affirmed that decision.

Posted by RPW at August 6, 2004 02:06 PM