Rufus Davis, elected mayor of Camilla, Georgia, is preparing to boycott city council meetings because of alleged segregation in area schools and more places.

Lawyers for African-American students have appealed a judge's ruling allowing for Gardendale, Alabama to form their own segregated school system.

A new Princeton University study links childhood asthma and residential segregation.

Teachers union president Randi Weingarten said the movement is racist and "a polite cousin to segregation."

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Rep. John Lewis was brought to tears while visiting an exhibit centered on sit-ins at Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.

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For Blacks during the height of the Jim Crow Era (1877-mid-1960s), a primary concern was making it to and from our destination safely, as traveling in a country plagued by racism was no easy feat.

Reports of a 'Blacks Only' dorm at Cal State L.A. are false. The school sets the record straight.

St. Louis Schools plan to draw down its long-running school desegregation program. Observers say the program achieved integration, but mixed academic results.

The GAO's report says America's public schools continue to be segregated by race and poverty, leading to inequities in education.

When America thinks about some of its greatest newspapers, publications like the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal come to mind. But, The Chicago Defender should also be on that list. It was certainly one of the most influential papers of the 20th century.

Residents in Henrico County, Va., debated at a school board meeting whether to rename a middle school that honors a segregationist. This is the latest flashpoint in a growing national campaign to remove the names of racist historical figures from public buildings.

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According to data pulled from the census, 76 percent of the city’s African-American population would have to relocate in order for Chicago to be completely integrated.