Eduardo Peters

When Did Segregation End In Jackson Mississippi?

After the Evers ruling, black parents continued to fight segregation in the courts. One of the federal lawsuits, Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, ultimately produced the desegregation plan for the state’s largest district in 1970. How long did segregation last in Mississippi? Although slavery had ended 100 years earlier, African Americans in Mississippi …

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