segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌse-gri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nist 
plural segregationists
: a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
segregationist
adjective
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Figures like George Wallace, a Christian and proud segregationist, and Bob Jones Sr., founder of Bob Jones University, preached sermons arguing that segregation was divinely ordained.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
One of nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
The move came after the state’s governor went against a court order and allowed a Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, which angered segregationists, the report said.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Baylor reinforced the segregationist Southern order by refraining from fielding a Black player on its team until 1965.
—Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2025
One of nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
The move came after the state’s governor went against a court order and allowed a Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, which angered segregationists, the report said.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Additionally, Baylor reinforced the segregationist Southern order by refraining from fielding a Black player on its team until 1965.
—Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nəst
: a person who believes in, practices, or encourages segregation especially of races
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