The Mississippi Delta region has had the most segregated schools—and for the longest time—of any part of the United States. As recently as the 2016–2017 school year, East Side High School in Cleveland, Mississippi, was practically all black: 359 of 360 students were African-American.[1]
- ^ Lerner, Sharon (February 5, 2016). "A School District That Was Never Desegregated". The Atlantic. Retrieved November 15, 2017.