variants
or less commonly antisegregation
: opposing or prohibiting racial segregation
anti-segregation laws
After being arrested during an antisegregation protest in Alabama, Martin Luther King composes his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which argues that civil disobedience is justified when defying unjust laws.—
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Ahead of Election Day Cyclorama: The Shape of Things contains a wide spread of imagery: footage on both pro- and anti-segregation riots, recordings from antiquated circus acts featuring a dancing elephant, silhouettes of what appear to be Southern belles in hoop skirts that laugh over tea.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Black ministers, like Martin Luther King Jr., helped to spearhead civil rights groups like the anti-segregation Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
The drugstore occupied a building at the corner of Lexington and Howard streets and its lunch counter was a flashpoint for early anti-segregation sit-in demonstrations during the Civil Rights era.
—Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
The barrier remained for decades, even as Morgan State students fought for civil rights in the 1960s, staging one of the nation’s first anti-segregation sit-ins at the Northwood Shopping Center across the street from the campus.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
Porter played a unique role in the critical anti-segregation demonstrations of 1963 that were a turning point in the civil rights movement.
—Greg Garrison | , al, 5 Apr. 2023
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Black ministers, like Martin Luther King Jr., helped to spearhead civil rights groups like the anti-segregation Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
The drugstore occupied a building at the corner of Lexington and Howard streets and its lunch counter was a flashpoint for early anti-segregation sit-in demonstrations during the Civil Rights era.
—Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
The barrier remained for decades, even as Morgan State students fought for civil rights in the 1960s, staging one of the nation’s first anti-segregation sit-ins at the Northwood Shopping Center across the street from the campus.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
Porter played a unique role in the critical anti-segregation demonstrations of 1963 that were a turning point in the civil rights movement.
—Greg Garrison | , al, 5 Apr. 2023
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“Anti-segregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-segregation. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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