A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school ...

will resist with all its strength any effort to force segregation's end. The end of that resistance doesn't seem to be anywhere in sight in the Deep South now Want to keep up with breaking news?

the enormous bravery and enormous courage of ordinary white people in the Deep South in dealing with race issues is not recognised," Mr Gorton says. "So many people suffered but they have been ...

On May 17, 1954, in an unprecedented decision, the Supreme Court abolished legal school segregation. Blacks hailed the decision. Whites in the Deep South called the day "Black Monday." Some white ...

However, both rulings were largely ignored in the Deep South. On May 4 ... a way to draw national attention to the harsh reality of segregation and put pressure on the federal government to ...