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Throughout the schools, but also apparently the manner in the segregation in which they are being taught. >> kayleigh: it reckons back to america's darkest days, and good for that mother, kyla posey for standing up firmly against that. just ahead, the doj facing meijer's currency after the fed rated project veritas founder james o keith department for reasons that are still unclear. even the liberal aclu is speaking out. that's next. ♪ ♪ i don't just play someone brainy on tv - i'm an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neu...

Black children. even the complainant herself has said that briscoe supposedly admitted to doing it to build community and so that no one black child is isolated in a classroom. >> reporter: but the poseys say the principal violated the civil rights act of 1964 in using race to designate classes for black students. posey also alleges an afterschool program she ran at the school was threatened to be cut in retaliation for her complaint. a senior attorney for the naacp legal defense fund believes they have a case, even if the principal says she was trying to do the right thing. >> the concerns ab...

Like i don't understand. we have those? >> reporter: of the six total second grade classes at the atlanta public school, kyla posey says she was told by principal briscoe that black students, including posey's daughter, would only have a choice between two of the classes. in july, she and her husband, who works as the school psychologist, filed a federal complaint with the department of education. >> it may not be your 1950s segregation where you have signs above water fountains and rooms, but it's the same thing. >> reporter: atlanta public schools investigated the poseys' claim saying in a w...

School, telling cnn they do not share details of personnel decisions. briscoe, who is black, remains the school's principal. >> and i asked her why was she doing it, and she said because she was building community and that's what she was doing. and i kept telling her that she was wrong. >> reporter: not everybody agrees with posey. some race relations experts believe that grouping students by race actually could create a healthier environment in classrooms. >> to be able to have that community inside your classroom can be comforting. >> reporter: clinical psychologist kyra banks says there is ...

>> harris: a black atlanta mom is ripping her daughter's elementary school by seeing grey gaghts students by race. black and white students taught in separate classrooms. kyla posey who filed a federal complaint against maryland elementary school claims the principal seen here told her that she put the practice in place because she thought it was in the best interest of students. joe concha, this principal said that she did it based on what she thought the kids would need. services that white children would need and services that black children would need in separate classrooms. what do you ma...