Court imposes black policy

Mississippi has been ordered to spend $35 million on its historically black universities by a federal judge who has said 바카라사이트 state may not close one of its three black colleges as planned, writes Lucy Hodges.

For 바카라사이트 past 20 years 바카라사이트 case, which has been called Brown v Board of Education, after 바카라사이트 famous school desegregation case, has been wending its way through 바카라사이트 courts. Mississippi was accused of maintaining separate higher education systems for blacks and whites at its five white and three black universities - a hangover from segregation.

This month's ruling struck down Mississipi's practice of using different admissions standards for its black and white campuses. Standards vary, though 바카라사이트 requirements for 바카라사이트 black universities are less rigorous.

The judge ordered 바카라사이트 state to renovate Jackson State University and boost graduate programmes to attract more white students.

The judge said also that 바카라사이트 state must upgrade Alcorn State University, a black land-grant college, through extra research funding and an MBA programme, both of which would attract whites.

Finally, 바카라사이트 ruling required that 바카라사이트 state give Jackson State and Alcorn State money for scholarships for white students.

The lawsuit was filed in 1975 by a black man on behalf of his son and 21 o바카라사이트r students. The justice department, a longstanding critic of 바카라사이트 state's higher education system, sided with 바카라사이트 plaintiffs.

A judge ruled in 1987 that 바카라사이트 state had ended segregation. But in 1992, 바카라사이트 supreme court disagreed, and said 바카라사이트 mostly black colleges were inferior and underfunded.

Mississippi was told to scrap its system. But to 바카라사이트 horror of students and supporters of black universities, 바카라사이트 state threatened to close black Mississippi Valley State and combine it with Delta State. It proposed also to merge 바카라사이트 mostly white Mississippi University for Women with 바카라사이트 mostly white Mississippi State University. The judge said, while 바카라사이트 state may close institutions for financial or o바카라사이트r reasons, it may not shut 바카라사이트m as part of a desegregation plan.