NAACP's N.C. summit challenges return of segregation
December 3, 2010 8:45 p.m. EST
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Representatives from 2,200 NAACP branches and units attend summit
- Members discuss complaint filed against Wake County Public Schools
- U.S. Department of Education investigation will begin next week, the NAACP says
(CNN) -- Striking back against resegregation in schools, education leaders gathered Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina, to hear the president of the nation's oldest civil rights organization speak about the national state of education.
NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous sounded a warning to representatives of more than 2,200 branches and units during the keynote address the Daisy Bates Education Summit, which began Thursday and ends Saturday.
"School boards across this country are rolling the clock back to the time before Brown vs. the Board of Education," Jealous said in a