desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
(ˌ)dē-ˌse-gri-ˈgā-shən 
1
: the state of being desegregated
2
: the action or an instance of desegregating
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Both Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as movement leaders from the Montgomery bus boycott, which began in 1955 and culminated in 1956 in the desegregation of public transportation throughout the country.
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Donovan X. Ramsey, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
San Diego Unified named Clay Elementary at its founding in 1957, three years after Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for the gradual desegregation of public schools.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
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Donovan X. Ramsey, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2024
San Diego Unified named Clay Elementary at its founding in 1957, three years after Brown v. Board of Education paved the way for the gradual desegregation of public schools.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
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desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
dē-ˌse-grə-ˈgā-shən
1
: the action or an instance of desegregating
2
: the state of being desegregated
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