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Recent Examples of desegregate
In 1975, Jefferson County Public Schools first implemented forced busing under a court order to desegregate schools, which also required the previously separate Louisville and Jefferson County systems to merge.
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Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
During the Civil Rights movement, the public sector was quicker to desegregate its workforce and offer equal employment opportunities than the private sector.
—Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hill told The Star that the root of her passion sprang from her own experience attending KCPS during a time when the district sought to desegregate schools through busing efforts.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
But the elementary school has its own history of taking ambitious steps, choosing in 1944 to voluntarily desegregate.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
During the Civil Rights movement, the public sector was quicker to desegregate its workforce and offer equal employment opportunities than the private sector.
—Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Hill told The Star that the root of her passion sprang from her own experience attending KCPS during a time when the district sought to desegregate schools through busing efforts.
—Mará Rose Williams
august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
But the elementary school has its own history of taking ambitious steps, choosing in 1944 to voluntarily desegregate.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desegregate
integrate
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Properly integrating Isak in the team after the international break is going to be crucial to delivering an upturn in fortunes.—
The Athletic's Liverpool staff,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Staying close to digital innovation and working to integrate AI across the enterprise is also top of mind.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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