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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Fact to know: The courthouse has heard landmark legal cases such as the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education desegregation ruling.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
From the days when enslaved people were legally forbidden from learning to read, to the fight for desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education, to the overturning of affirmative action, schools have both reflected and shaped racial progress and regress in America.
—Anne Tapp Jaksa, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Showdown at Little Rock Similar assumptions guided events even in places where desegregation appeared to be working.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Wills
September 28, 2023
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2025
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
From the days when enslaved people were legally forbidden from learning to read, to the fight for desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education, to the overturning of affirmative action, schools have both reflected and shaped racial progress and regress in America.
—Anne Tapp Jaksa, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Showdown at Little Rock Similar assumptions guided events even in places where desegregation appeared to be working.
—Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
More to Explore The Invention of the Gifted Child
Matthew Wills
September 28, 2023
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for desegregation
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregation. Accessed 6 Jun. 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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