segregation
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Following World War II, Randolph co-founded the League for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Against Military Segregation, which encouraged men to refuse to register or serve in the armed forces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Segregation and polarization: Americans live highly segregated lives.
From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024
The case concerned 27 American-born men of Japanese ancestry, interned nearby at the Tule Lake Segregation Center.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022
“Screens cause segregation. Segregation is bad. We should stop using screens.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022
Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate and strategic effort to deflect anger and hostility that had been brewing against the white elite away from them and toward African Americans.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing segregation
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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