Here s how The Courier Journal reported a series on JCPS student assignment plan.
Olivia Krauth and Mandy McLaren, Louisville Courier Journal
Published
2:53 pm UTC Feb. 3, 2021
Two reporters, six months, at least three dozen records requests, more than 55 interviews here s how The Courier Journal examined Louisville s both criticized and lauded school desegregation plan:
ANALYZING THE LEGACY
The Courier Journal combed federal court records and historical archives in order to trace the assignment plan s evolution since the 1970s, including the Henry A. Triplett legal files held at the University of Louisville s Archives & Special Collections.
Reporters additionally used historical records, including The Courier Journal s own archives, to reconstruct Louisville s education landscape prior to the U.S. Supreme Court s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.