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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
imageSchool 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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