The original lawsuit was filed in 1952 by John Hall and supported by the NAACP, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling (1954), which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Despite this, many Southern districts, including St. Helena Parish, resisted integration through legal and bureaucratic means. Over the course of 37 years, the case symbolized both the persistence of systemic racism in education and the tireless efforts of civil rights advocates to enforce constitutional rights. The final settlement marked a significant, though delayed, victory for educational equity in the U.S.
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