{"id":2670008,"date":"2026-09-25T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-dismisses-dozens-of-segregation-era-cases-that-were-holding-schools-hostage-in-the-1960s\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:20:47","slug":"doj-dismisses-dozens-of-segregation-era-cases-that-were-holding-schools-hostage-in-the-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-dismisses-dozens-of-segregation-era-cases-that-were-holding-schools-hostage-in-the-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Dismisses Dozens of Segregation-Era Cases That Were Holding Schools Hostage in the 1960s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-dismisses-dozens-of-segregation-era-cases-that-were-holding-schools-hostage-in-the-1960s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2670008&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department is dismissing over 50 longstanding school desegregation cases, many dating back more than 50 years. According to the Civil Rights Division, these cases, which imposed outdated and burdensome requirements on school districts to promote desegregation, are being terminated as they no longer reflect current conditions. The DOJ officials state that many districts have successfully integrated and now function without federal oversight, which allows local governments to better allocate funds towards students. The dismissals include districts in several southern states and are part of a broader effort to end prolonged federal control, which, according to officials, previously enforced non-merit-based hiring practices and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-this-book-to-counter-the-hopeless-lies-of-1619-project-racial-determinists\/\" title=\"Read This Book To Counter The Hopeless Lies Of \u20181619 Project\u2019 Racial Determinists\">race-related policies<\/a>. Criticism of lingering federal mandates and claims of progress in racial integration are highlighted, with some officials noting that communities have moved beyond the need for these older court orders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Court orders mandating that schools follow desegregation policies that are generations older than the students attending them are being wiped away by the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division said more than 50 cases are being dismissed, many of which had been in effect for over 50 years, according to a Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-ends-over-50-half-century-old-desegregation-cases-throughout-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this administration, we are ending prolonged federal oversight of these school districts because the effort does not reflect the reality of those classrooms today,\u201d Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, school districts have been under federal control for more than 60 years. Now these local school districts can redirect taxpayer dollars back to benefitting students, instead of funding onerous and outdated consent decrees,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s back-to-school season, &#038; the @CivilRights Division proudly announces the dismissal of 50+ desegregation cases originally filed in the 1960s &#038; \u201970s! Ending outdated consent decrees means these school districts can finally redirect taxpayer dollars back to students. A+<br \/> https:\/\/t.co\/gwiZR7hprD<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AAGDhillon\/status\/2103185189417435254?\">September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese cases across the country cost school districts thousands of dollars every year,\u201d Dhillon said in a video posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>The release noted that the consent decrees stemmed from efforts by schools to defy desegregation policies and operate different schools for white and black students. Schools that no longer shunt students of one race into failing schools while a different race receives better schools will have those consent decrees dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2026\/09\/24\/doj-ends-onerous-racial-mandates-on-school-districts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Signal<\/a> reported that to date, court decrees were dismissed in Tuscumbia, Alabama; St. Clair County, Alabama; Tarrant, Alabama; Rankin County, Mississippi; and Dyersburg, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SCOOP: The DOJ dismissed more than 50 desegregation cases that were more than half a century old.<\/p>\n<p>The cases imposed what the DOJ calls \u201conerous\u201d requirements on the school districts, with some paying hundreds of thousands in legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this administration, we are ending\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheElizMitchell\/status\/2103174692827701556?\">September 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  \u201cIt\u2019s been more than 50 years since desegregation happened, and in every school district in the South that we\u2019ve worked with, it\u2019s clear that black students are welcome in every school and that administrators and the community make sure of it,\u201d The Daily Signal quoted a DOJ official it did not name as saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also seems to us that many southerners are tired of being called racist by the media because of things that happened more than 50 years ago,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Signal reported that the official said \u201cschools have been forced to selectively hire and recruit black teachers without openly acknowledging it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further reported the official as saying schools were forced to \u201cadopt non-merit-based criteria for identifying students as gifted, change school discipline protocol by not suspending misbehaving students, build new race-based magnet schools, scrap high school construction plans, block student transfers between schools or between school districts unless they are \u2018majority to minority.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A federal court order should correct a violation, then end when the violation is cured. Permanent federal management of a community that has met the law violates that boundary.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ says more than 50 school desegregation cases filed in the 1960s and 1970s have now been dismissed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3INyIgeEWB\">pic.twitter.com\/3INyIgeEWB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Holbrook (@DanHolbrook) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanHolbrook\/status\/2103464786629730811?\">September 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The official said the schools under DOJ\u2019s watchful eye were asked about the races of bus drivers and had yearbooks scrutinized to determine the races of students in extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doj-seeking-to-end-school-desegregation-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, schools in Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, and Connecticut are among those with decrees being dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>As of May 2022, about 140 desegregation cases were on the DOJ\u2019s books.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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