desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən 
1
: the state of being desegregated
2
: the action or an instance of desegregating
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In Walthall County, Mississippi, after the NAACP submitted a school desegregation petition, officials closed the county’s Black schools for two weeks and fired school employees believed to have aided the desegregation drive.
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
That’s also when a bio featuring baseball desegregation hero and Army veteran Jackie Robinson went missing from Defense.gov.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Several letter carriers—such as John L. LeFlore and Westley W. Law—were activists for desegregation and other civil rights and held onto their jobs even though they were challenged.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
In the months after desegregation, the plaintiffs in the court case that had sought desegregation in Boston, Morgan v Hennigan, came back to court.
—Aaron Kupchik, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
That’s also when a bio featuring baseball desegregation hero and Army veteran Jackie Robinson went missing from Defense.gov.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Several letter carriers—such as John L. LeFlore and Westley W. Law—were activists for desegregation and other civil rights and held onto their jobs even though they were challenged.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
In the months after desegregation, the plaintiffs in the court case that had sought desegregation in Boston, Morgan v Hennigan, came back to court.
—Aaron Kupchik, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregation. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
dē-ˌse-grə-ˈgā-shən
1
: the action or an instance of desegregating
2
: the state of being desegregated
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