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· 10/11/2023

Jonathan Davis v. the State of Texas

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  • holding that Mississippi had not sufficiently dismantled its prior de jure segregative university system even though it had implemented race-neutral policies
  • holding that continuing racial identifiability is probative as to whether a state has dismantled its segregated system of higher education
  • repudiating the notion that HBCUs may persist as “exclusively [B]lack enclaves by private choice” nearly thirty years ago
  • repudiating the notion that HBCUs may persist as “exclusively [B]lack enclaves by private choice” nearly thirty years ago
  • remanding case because district court’s analysis did not undertake the proper inquiries
  • reiterating that Brown applies to public colleges and universities

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