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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At the Globe, where Bob was a reporter and columnist from 1966 to 1978, Bob was a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the desegregation of Boston schools in 1975.
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In Walthall County, Mississippi, after the NAACP submitted a school desegregation petition, officials closed the county’s Black schools for two weeks and fired school employees believed to have aided the desegregation drive.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In reality, however, desegregation began years earlier.
—Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Since World War II, the National Guard has been deployed only 10 times by presidents, mostly in support of racial desegregation and the protection of civil rights.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
In Walthall County, Mississippi, after the NAACP submitted a school desegregation petition, officials closed the county’s Black schools for two weeks and fired school employees believed to have aided the desegregation drive.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In reality, however, desegregation began years earlier.
—Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Since World War II, the National Guard has been deployed only 10 times by presidents, mostly in support of racial desegregation and the protection of civil rights.
—Andrea Katz, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 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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