Missouri Governor Jay Nixon Once Tried to End Desegregation of St. Louis Schools

by Matt Wilstein | 5:28 pm, August 16th, 2014134

If it seems like the African-American community in Ferguson, Missouri is not crazy about GovernorJay Nixon (D-MO), a move he made as attorney general back in the early 1990s could be part of the problem.

As the Washington Post’s Philip Bump reported this week, one year after becoming Missouri’s attorney general in 1992 Nixon filed a motion to end St. Louis’ school desegregation program, claiming it was not cost effective.