Rankin County Schools says it has sought to comply with the court order, even lowering gifted standards. The NAACP is pressing the district to do more, including hiring more black teachers.
A Mississippi School District that has been under a court-mandated desegregation order since 1967 has petitioned for unitary status. While the district believes it has reached the milestones needed to be removed from the order, the NAACP maintains that the district still has some issues to iron out before that can happen.
The case, Adams vs Rankin County Board of Education , was filed almost 60 years ago to ensure the Rankin County School District provides an equal education to all children, including black children.
Ever since the ruling in favor of the plaintiff in 1970, and subsequent court decr