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desegregation

[dee-seg-ri-gey-shuhn, dee-seg-] / ˌdi sɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃən, diˌsɛg- /
NOUN
integration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
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desegregating


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Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, began insisting on the enforcement of the desegregation mandate of Brown v.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Living in Atlanta in the ’60s and ’70s, she fought for voting rights and school desegregation.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

The last time the military was deployed without a governor’s request or approval, military experts said, was to facilitate court-ordered desegregation in Southern states during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

The district itself was founded in 1970 amid federal desegregation orders, when residents broke away from the Jefferson County Schools and agreed to pay an extra tax.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2024

It made things clear, it clarified motives and it certainly lifted the entire matter above segregation and desegregation.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin



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