Justice for Jasmine: Black Miss. Teen Forced to Share Valedictorian Title Sues

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A black mother brought a federal lawsuit against a Mississippi school district last week, claiming that it made her daughter “co-valedictorian” with a white student who had a lower grade-point average. Jasmine Shepard, the very first black valedictorian in 110 years in the Cleveland, Miss., school district, says that the day before graduation, she found out that she would be forced to share the honor…READ MORE

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