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segregationist

[seg-ri-gey-shuh-nist] / ˌsɛg rɪˈgeɪ ʃə nɪst /




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Guided by that principle, one of us helped launch an effort within Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services to examine its history, including its segregationist past.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Worse, it portrayed the beloved character of Atticus Finch as a segregationist.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

White bridge-builders were key to liberating the segregationist South, as the historian David Chappel shows in his book Inside Agitators.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2024

Leaders of the party, which currently exists only in California, say it has disavowed its segregationist roots and is focused on conservatism and the Constitution.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

And black leaders, aware of Clark’s segregationist views and explosive temper, expected him to display, for the world to see, the violence that assailed blacks when they tried to exercise their right to vote.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman




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