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Nebraska School District Law Called Racial Segregation

HeadlineMay 17, 2006

In Nebraska, the NAACP has filed a lawsuit over a new law that divides Omaha Public Schools into three racially identifiable districts. Under the law, the Omaha district will be split into three — one mostly black, one largely Latino and one predominantly white. The NAACP called the plan a reversion to segregation.

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