segregation /tags/segregation segregation en-US Copyright Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:54:16 GMT Custodian barred from worship in segregated Fort Worth church gets place of honor /arts-culture/2024-10-01/custodian-barred-from-worship-in-segregated-fort-worth-church-gets-place-of-honor Granddaughter welcomed as guest minister 100 years later. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:54:16 GMT /arts-culture/2024-10-01/custodian-barred-from-worship-in-segregated-fort-worth-church-gets-place-of-honor Marcheta Fornoff | Fort Worth Report, Marissa Greene | Fort Worth Report Deep dive: Segregation crippled Fort Worth’s aquatics. Here’s how the city could recover its pools /news/2023-09-15/deep-dive-segregation-crippled-fort-worths-aquatics-heres-how-the-city-could-recover-its-pools Fort Worth’s pools are steeped in a history marred by segregation and neglect. However, other cities have managed to claw back their aquatic resources following years of disinvestment. Reporter Rachel Behrndt looked for the answers to the city’s pool problem. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 14:50:40 GMT /news/2023-09-15/deep-dive-segregation-crippled-fort-worths-aquatics-heres-how-the-city-could-recover-its-pools Rachel Behrndt | Fort Worth Report School vouchers being pushed by Texas Republicans have an ugly origin story /education/2023-02-07/school-vouchers-being-pushed-by-texas-republicans-have-an-ugly-origin-story “The whole notion of vouchers. They were originally called segregation vouchers,” said Louis Malfaro, a leader in Pastors for Texas Children. Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:56:41 GMT /education/2023-02-07/school-vouchers-being-pushed-by-texas-republicans-have-an-ugly-origin-story David Martin Davies The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated /education/2022-07-14/the-u-s-student-population-is-more-diverse-but-schools-are-still-highly-segregated A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:13:50 GMT /education/2022-07-14/the-u-s-student-population-is-more-diverse-but-schools-are-still-highly-segregated Sequoia Carrillo, Pooja Salhotra How Mendez versus Westminster helped end legal segregation of schools in the southwest /arts-culture/2022-04-15/how-mendez-versus-westminster-helped-end-legal-segregation-of-schools-in-the-southwest Thursday was the 75th anniversary of the ruling that barred creating separate schools for “Spanish-speaking” children. Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2022-04-15/how-mendez-versus-westminster-helped-end-legal-segregation-of-schools-in-the-southwest Michael Marks | Texas Standard 'I Gave Up Hope': As Girls, They Were Jailed In Squalor For Protesting Segregation /2019-01-18/i-gave-up-hope-as-girls-they-were-jailed-in-squalor-for-protesting-segregation In 1963, more than a dozen girls were jailed for about two months in an old, squalid stockade in Georgia for protesting segregation. At StoryCorps, some of them talk about the experience. Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:00:00 GMT /2019-01-18/i-gave-up-hope-as-girls-they-were-jailed-in-squalor-for-protesting-segregation Emma Bowman, Jud Esty-Kendall America's Schools Are 'Profoundly Unequal,' Says U.S. Civil Rights Commission /2018-01-11/americas-schools-are-profoundly-unequal-says-u-s-civil-rights-commission More than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the fight for equity in America's schools rages on. Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:30:00 GMT /2018-01-11/americas-schools-are-profoundly-unequal-says-u-s-civil-rights-commission Cory Turner For The 1 In 5 North Texas Kids In Poverty, It's Harder To Get To The Doctor, Succeed In School /education/2017-11-21/for-the-1-in-5-north-texas-kids-in-poverty-its-harder-to-get-to-the-doctor-succeed-in-school One in five North Texas children lives in poverty, and more than a quarter million are hungry as their parents struggle to feed them.Those are just a few… Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:25:32 GMT /education/2017-11-21/for-the-1-in-5-north-texas-kids-in-poverty-its-harder-to-get-to-the-doctor-succeed-in-school Bill Zeeble Commentary: What 'The Great Debater' James Farmer Can Teach Us Today /commentaries/2015-01-12/commentary-what-the-great-debater-james-farmer-can-teach-us-today Texas has its own claim to the legacy of the American civil rights movement - James Farmer Jr. Born in Marshall in 1920, Jan. 12 would have been the… Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:45:00 GMT /commentaries/2015-01-12/commentary-what-the-great-debater-james-farmer-can-teach-us-today Dr. Ben Voth PBS Asks: Are Baton Rouge Schools 'Separate And Unequal'? We Look At North Texas /education/2014-07-15/pbs-asks-are-baton-rouge-schools-separate-and-unequal-we-look-at-north-texas Six decades after the U.S. Supreme Court said racially divided schools were unconstitutional, a curious thing has happened. Many school systems are more… Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:30:00 GMT /education/2014-07-15/pbs-asks-are-baton-rouge-schools-separate-and-unequal-we-look-at-north-texas Bill Zeeble