desegregation

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Cathirell grew up in Echo Park, the daughter of Evelyn Thurman Gratts — an influential pioneer in education who pushed for desegregation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Holmes ruling, which ordered the immediate desegregation of Southern schools.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025

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

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 would prevent a federal judge from coming into Odessa, as was his prerogative under the desegregation order, and changing the boundaries.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger