Racial-Bias Lawsuit Threatens To Disrupt N.C. Board Elections
A racial-discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court by three Durham, N.C., residents threatens to disrupt school board elections scheduled for this spring in the 28,000-student district.
The elections stem from the 1992 merger of the school districts of mostly white Durham County and the city of Durham, which has a predominantly black population.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Raleigh last month is the latest challenge by the three white residents, who oppose the consolidation. They argue that the merger--and the plan for electing school board members in the new district--leaves the merged...
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