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

The legislation doesn’t specify where the monument would go on the Capitol grounds, which includes several other monuments, including one honoring the nine Black students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School.

From Seattle Times

In the illustration, Harris’ shadow is of a young girl, Ruby Bridges — the first Black student to desegregate an all-white Louisiana school.

From Seattle Times

In the state of Virginia, massive resistance was even written into state law, allowing the closing of public schools that were ordered to desegregate by federal judges.

From Salon