Federal government orders desegregation in 32 Mississippi schools as part of 'ongoing efforts to fulfill the promise of Brown vs. Board of Education.'
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, addresses community leaders in Lexington, Miss., during a stop on the division's civil rights tour, Thursday, June 1, 2023. At each of the four stops in Mississippi, Clarke plans to engage with community leaders and reaffirm the department's commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and listen to their concerns. , the U.S.
Clarke spoke to a small group of residents, local leaders and reporters Thursday at the Holmes County Circuit Court Complex in Lexington, about 62 miles from Jackson, the state capital. Mississippi is the latest stop in Clarke's “listening tour” throughout the Deep South. The Justice Department is learning where to direct resources and where it might need to mount civil rights lawsuits, she said.
Clarke also said her division is investigating whether Rankin County Sheriff's Deputies used excessive force when they shot Michael Corey Jenkins in the mouth during an alleged drug raid. An Associated Press investigation found that several deputies from the department have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries.
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