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Trump administration aims to limit civil rights investigations in schools

The 8 million African-American children enrolled in the nation's public schools at some point in their studies will learn about the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. This landmark court case, decided in 1954, struck down state laws establishing separate public schools segregated by race.

They will learn that the court, in resolving a particular complaint raised in a particular school district, addressed a systemic injustice. The civil rights

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