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Recent Examples of desegregate
Like Lawson, Lewis was among the leaders of the sit-ins that desegregated Nashville lunch counters in the 1960s.
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
President Truman desegregated the Army after World War II.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Angry white mobs assembled in front of schools in the South to stop Black children from desegregating those schools is American.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Abraham Lincoln used it during the Civil War, and in the 20th century, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy relied on the law to desegregate schools, deploying troops to the South after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024
President Truman desegregated the Army after World War II.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Angry white mobs assembled in front of schools in the South to stop Black children from desegregating those schools is American.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Abraham Lincoln used it during the Civil War, and in the 20th century, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy relied on the law to desegregate schools, deploying troops to the South after the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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