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The court’s remedy for desegregation was to improve academic success, and the court ordered reductions in class sizes, summer school programs, tutoring, magnet schools and capital improvements.
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Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
So the idea here, in the best case, is that if federal officials are trying to enforce desegregation at a school in the South in the nineteen-fifties, for instance, then state and local officials cannot mess with them?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Other churches also became key gathering places, including Rush Memorial Congregational Church and West Hunter Street Baptist Church, which supported students involved in the Atlanta Student Movement and hosted meetings during tense moments in the fight for desegregation.
—Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But the end of desegregation policies wasn’t the only factor driving re-segregation, Reardon said.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
So the idea here, in the best case, is that if federal officials are trying to enforce desegregation at a school in the South in the nineteen-fifties, for instance, then state and local officials cannot mess with them?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Other churches also became key gathering places, including Rush Memorial Congregational Church and West Hunter Street Baptist Church, which supported students involved in the Atlanta Student Movement and hosted meetings during tense moments in the fight for desegregation.
—Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But the end of desegregation policies wasn’t the only factor driving re-segregation, Reardon said.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desegregation
integration
Noun
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An integration of two buildings, the Park Hyatt–Maçka Palas takes its name from the older wing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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The main drive motor was already designed for a 48V pack, so the 50V powerwall slotted in with minimal integration work.—
Ryan Brennan
March 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregation. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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