Suit Seeks Minn. Backing of Desegregation Plan
The Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP has sued the state of Minnesota, charging that it has failed to provide the city's students with the same educational opportunities as children in nearby suburbs.
The organization is trying to force the state to back a metrowide school-desegregation plan, said John Shulman, a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A key element of the lawsuit is the group's demand for more affordable housing in the suburbs.
The NAACP first sued the state in federal court in 1971 over segregation in the city's schools. That litigation resulted in widespread mandatory...
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