as in racist
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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Recent Examples of segregationist
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.
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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
During his first term as governor, Carter made the historic decision to hang King's portrait alongside those of Civil War heroes and segregationists on the walls of the state Capitol in Atlanta.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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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
During his first term as governor, Carter made the historic decision to hang King's portrait alongside those of Civil War heroes and segregationists on the walls of the state Capitol in Atlanta.
—Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Segregationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/segregationist. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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