Ending modern segregation.A federal judge ruled that the principal of a Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. public elementary school elementary school: see school. , Teresa Teresa of Ávila, St. religious contemplation brought her spiritual ecstasy. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 318] See : Mysticism Parker, had been "operating, at taxpayer's expense, a private school for Anglo children within a public school that was predominantly pre·dom·i·nant adj. 1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant. 2. minority." For years, it was an open secret that white parents could get their children into all-white classes, even though the school had overwhelmingly Black and Latino students. For her careful construction of a modern segregated public educational institution, the judge ordered Parker to pay $20,200 to Lucrecia Mayorga Santamaria, who sued on behalf of her three children. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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