desegregation

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The designation was rolled out as part of a 1976 desegregation program, which aimed at improving educational opportunities across the city’s schools.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

And this provision applies to a bunch of long-standing injunctions that have been in effect for years, including desegregation orders in the South.

From Slate • May 24, 2025

She and others are working on a research project about a 1914 school desegregation case backed by La Mutua that was among the earliest of its kind in the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

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

This was already apparent when, in 1956, Martin Luther King, Jr., offered his opinion that perhaps the lessons learned from the Montgomery bus boycott could help in the fight over school desegregation.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson