Dr. Lana Foster was among the first Black students to integrate her South Georgia school. Decades later, she says she was the last Black teacher employed by the Echols County school district.

On this episode of Behind the Investigation, Atlanta News First investigative reporter Ciara Cummings talks with Chief Investigator Brendan Keefe about Foster’s fight against alleged racial discrimination, the court case that grew out of it and how an AI tool helped uncover the story. They also explore qualified immunity and why the case had reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which had not yet decided whether to hear it at the time of recording.