desegregation

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

From Salon • Aug. 18, 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

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

In addition to Cheney and Thompson, 18 other honorees were recognized at the Thursday ceremony, including a military doctor who improved battlefield trauma care and a civil rights leader who fought for desegregation.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2025

Ellis and Ann Atwater during the early 1970s, when they co-chaired a committee to confront problems associated with court-ordered desegregation in Durham.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson