segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌse-gri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nist 
plural segregationists
: a person who believes in or practices segregation especially of races (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
segregationist
adjective
Examples of segregationist in a Sentence
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The last independent or third-party candidate to win a state was segregationist Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, who won five in the Deep South in 1968.
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Ron Elving, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Chisholm’s friendly relationship with George Wallace, Alabama’s infamous segregationist governor, as well as her later association with the Black Panther Party is also explored.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
Instead, the concept stemmed from the 1962 Reverse Freedom Rides, a segregationist effort to send welfare recipients to the north.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Wilson, however, appointed a cabinet that included overt racists and promulgated segregationist policies, actions that have tarnished his progressive luster.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
In Shelby County, the Court held unconstitutional the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s severe provision that would have frozen into place the voting procedures in the segregationist South.
—Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
While their political project was different from that of the segregationists who sought to remove Black residents from their communities, the tactic remained the same: vilifying female welfare recipients.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The constant attempts of exclusion turned sour for segregationists in 1811, when nearly 500 enslaved people and maroons assembled, strategized, and rebelled under the leadership of Charles Deslondes along the German Coast of Louisiana (25 miles upriver from New Orleans).
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
My grandfather, Blake Van Leer, Sr., stood up against segregationists, supported HBCUs and fought and won for the acceptance of women’s admission at NC State and Georgia Tech.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Ron Elving, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Chisholm’s friendly relationship with George Wallace, Alabama’s infamous segregationist governor, as well as her later association with the Black Panther Party is also explored.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
Instead, the concept stemmed from the 1962 Reverse Freedom Rides, a segregationist effort to send welfare recipients to the north.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
Wilson, however, appointed a cabinet that included overt racists and promulgated segregationist policies, actions that have tarnished his progressive luster.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
In Shelby County, the Court held unconstitutional the 1965 Voting Rights Act’s severe provision that would have frozen into place the voting procedures in the segregationist South.
—Robert J. Delahunty, National Review, 14 Feb. 2024
While their political project was different from that of the segregationists who sought to remove Black residents from their communities, the tactic remained the same: vilifying female welfare recipients.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
The constant attempts of exclusion turned sour for segregationists in 1811, when nearly 500 enslaved people and maroons assembled, strategized, and rebelled under the leadership of Charles Deslondes along the German Coast of Louisiana (25 miles upriver from New Orleans).
—Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024
My grandfather, Blake Van Leer, Sr., stood up against segregationists, supported HBCUs and fought and won for the acceptance of women’s admission at NC State and Georgia Tech.
—Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
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segregationist
noun
seg·re·ga·tion·ist
ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-sh(ə-)nəst
: a person who believes in, practices, or encourages segregation especially of races
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