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 the 1960s, freeway extensions and lawsuits over Pasadena Unified School District’s desegregation led to white flight.
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Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Several are prominent advocates who over long careers worked to advance gay rights, women’s rights, desegregation and cancer research.
—Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The civil rights movement was beginning to pick up steam, and racial tensions had billowed since the Supreme Court had ordered the desegregation of public schools in 1954.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (1957): Context: Governor Orval Faubus declared martial law to prevent desegregation of schools following federal orders.
—Michael D. Carroll, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Mel Buer, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Several are prominent advocates who over long careers worked to advance gay rights, women’s rights, desegregation and cancer research.
—Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The civil rights movement was beginning to pick up steam, and racial tensions had billowed since the Supreme Court had ordered the desegregation of public schools in 1954.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Little Rock, Arkansas (1957): Context: Governor Orval Faubus declared martial law to prevent desegregation of schools following federal orders.
—Michael D. Carroll, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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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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