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• Baton Rouge school desegregation leader Robert Williams has died Play Video

  July 16, 2019 4:29 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Robert Williams, a leader in the desegregation of Baton Rouge public schools, has died. "He was a warrior," NAACP local president Mike McClanahan told WBRZ Tuesday. "He was well versed in the law," McClanahan remembered as he compared Williams to "one of the baddest lawyers," likening... more »

• St. Helena ends long-standing school desegregation case

  March 12, 2018 5:02 PM

  GREENSBURG – The state's longest-running school desegregation case has ended, removing the St. Helena Parish public school system from the eyes of the federal government. Federal authorities have been involved in numerous Louisiana public school system desegregation plans for decades. The issue over equality in St. Helena Parish goes... more »