After the Brown decision of 1954, after years of delay, the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson cracked down on districts that refused to desegregate their schools. The Department of Justice negotiated consent decrees with recalcitrant districts, mostly (but not only) in the South. More that 100 such consent decrees are still in effect. The … Continue reading Department of Justice Withdraws Decree Requiring Schools in This Louisiana Parish to Integrate