When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana, officials called its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggested that others dating to the Civil Rights Movement should be reconsidered.
A group of Black students, left, enter the Boothville-Venice School on Sept. 12, 1966, in Plaquemines Parish, La., as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school.
Five Black children, accompanied by several adults, arrive Sept. 1, 1966, at formerly all-white Woodlawn High School in Plaquemines Parish, La., to apply for registration.
A white mother walks with her son past a group of Black students arriving for classes Sept. 12, 1966, at formerly all-white Boothville Venice High School as racial barriers fell in Plaquemines Parish, La.
Five Black children, accompanied by several adults, arrive Sept. 1, 1966, at formerly all-white Woodlawn High School in Plaquemines Parish, La., to apply for registration.
A group of Black students, left, enter the Boothville-Venice School on Sept. 12, 1966, in Plaquemines Parish, La., as a group of white mothers wait at the entrance of the school.
A white mother walks with her son past a group of Black students arriving for classes Sept. 12, 1966, at formerly all-white Boothville Venice High School as racial barriers fell in Plaquemines Parish, La.
