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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Pratiksha Thangam Menon August 28, 2023 Mendez had far-reaching effects, setting the precedent in desegregation cases that soon followed in Texas and Arizona.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2025
And then the desegregation case came along, and I was bussed from Sanford B. Ladd in my neighborhood to Northwest Creek, which is in Independence, which was a part of the Kansas City Public Schools back then.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Dinkins was the lead attorney in a long-running school desegregation case that helped reshape public education in Nashville.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 Aug. 2025
Julius Chambers, Ferguson’s partner on the landmark 1971 desegregation case, helped head Edwards’ presidential campaign.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2025
And then the desegregation case came along, and I was bussed from Sanford B. Ladd in my neighborhood to Northwest Creek, which is in Independence, which was a part of the Kansas City Public Schools back then.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Dinkins was the lead attorney in a long-running school desegregation case that helped reshape public education in Nashville.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 3 Aug. 2025
Julius Chambers, Ferguson’s partner on the landmark 1971 desegregation case, helped head Edwards’ presidential campaign.
—Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2025
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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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