as in racist
a person who supports racial segregation
segregationists versus integrationists a segregationist politician/state/attitude/view
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This need was disturbingly precipitated by highly visible efforts of Southern segregationists to impede — by violence, coercion and otherwise — the ability of Black citizens to register to vote.
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Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House members, to hold those coveted positions for decades.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
In Louisiana, for example, Shriver withheld federal poverty funding from the state until Governor John McKeithen withdrew his plans to stack a new state-level economic opportunity office with segregationists, political cronies, and white supremacists.
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
The project aimed to integrate white, Black and Asian Americans amid segregationist policies, redlining and exclusion.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House members, to hold those coveted positions for decades.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
In Louisiana, for example, Shriver withheld federal poverty funding from the state until Governor John McKeithen withdrew his plans to stack a new state-level economic opportunity office with segregationists, political cronies, and white supremacists.
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
The project aimed to integrate white, Black and Asian Americans amid segregationist policies, redlining and exclusion.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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