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The Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing for Thomas Perez nominated to the post of Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division on Capitol Hill
Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010

Open quoteIt is unacceptable for school districts to act in a way that encourages or tolerates the resegregation of public schools. Close quote

  • THOMAS PEREZ,
  • assistant attorney general of the Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Division, on a U.S. District Judge's decision to order a Mississippi school district to comply with a nearly 40-year-old order and stop controversial practices that segregate its schools
Photo: Harry Hamburg / AP | Source: Reuters