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GALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that the Galveston public school system is desegregated, ending a civil-rights lawsuit that was initiated in 1959.
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston issued the ruling Friday, saying the district’s history of compliance with a 1969 desegregation plan showed that the schools had fully integrated.
The school district formulated the plan 30 years ago requiring all students to attend the school nearest to where they lived, but judges had ruled several times that the district was not integrated.
