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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The support of prominent national figures further emboldened those who fought desegregation on the local level.
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
By the early 1950s, all grade levels in Kansas City’s parochial schools were integrated — well before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision mandated public school desegregation in 1954.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
By the early 1950s, all grade levels in Kansas City’s parochial schools were integrated — well before the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision mandated public school desegregation in 1954.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregation. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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