desegregate

Example Sentences

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Even though Lexington was in the segregated south, it was a federal facility and desegregated.

From Scientific American

Supreme Court desegregated the nation’s schools in 1954, Orange County public schools remained segregated for years afterwards.

From Seattle Times

But to “desegregate Southern photography,” as he puts it, is not just to be Black and making images today.

From New York Times

When Dr. King talked about his plans to desegregate Montgomery’s transit system, he described his philosophy of nonviolence, of turning the other cheek.

From New York Times

Stephens suddenly found himself on the leading edge of the computer age — as well as the cutting edge of a slowly desegregating federal bureaucracy.

From Washington Post