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Even though we’re left with a fractured story of America.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 187 school districts in 29 states in 2025. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 4,877,739 students. This report dives into the 546 ...

Claudette Colvin’s bold stand comes into focus during Black History Month, highlighting young activists who helped shape the fight for civil rights.

Schools with more white children miss out on smaller class sizes and other benefits, the lawsuit says. The policy dates back to desegregation efforts in the 1970s. By Sarah Mervosh A decades-old ...

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Mamdani said he selected Samuels because of his granular knowledge of the city’s classrooms, learned during more than two decades as a teacher, principal, and superintendent.

A 1976 court order reshaped Milwaukee schools, but segregation has endured. Fifty years later, leaders reflect on its legacy and the future of MPS.

The new Barbara Rose Johns statue was unveiled in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on December 16. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images On April 23, 1951, a Black teenager in ...

Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E.... In 1951, a Black teenager led a walkout of her ...

In 1951, a Black teenager led a walkout of her segregated Virginia high school. On Tuesday, her statue replaced that of a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol. Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she ...