as in racist
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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Local governments would administer them—which in the South meant racist, segregationist governments that would exclude Black residents from benefits.
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TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
During his early journalism career he was confronted by white mobs, armed segregationists and police chiefs who questioned his legitimacy as a Black journalist, according to his family.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
This was, of course, the pre-Voting Rights Act Democratic Party, and the delegation from Mississippi comprised sixty-eight white men, all outspoken segregationists.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The dark thread informed Johnson's siding with southern segregationists until the late 1950s, when the bright thread emerged during the contest for the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
During his early journalism career he was confronted by white mobs, armed segregationists and police chiefs who questioned his legitimacy as a Black journalist, according to his family.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
This was, of course, the pre-Voting Rights Act Democratic Party, and the delegation from Mississippi comprised sixty-eight white men, all outspoken segregationists.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The dark thread informed Johnson's siding with southern segregationists until the late 1950s, when the bright thread emerged during the contest for the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationist. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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