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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Those meetings persuaded Hill and Robinson that the Black community broadly supported an effort to obtain desegregation rather than mere improvements in the separate Black schools.
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Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Jewish leaders and organizations played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement, from supporting school desegregation to providing legal advocacy through civil rights organizations.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
While there have been multiple iterations of the KKK, in the 1960s, Klans throughout the country were responding to the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation by terrorizing Black activists and their allies.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
For anyone keeping score, that means this Myers Park establishment has been a gathering place since the Great Depression — a span of Charlotte history that includes World War II, desegregation, the banking boom, the Great Recession and a pandemic.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Jewish leaders and organizations played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement, from supporting school desegregation to providing legal advocacy through civil rights organizations.
—Jesse Jackson Jr, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
While there have been multiple iterations of the KKK, in the 1960s, Klans throughout the country were responding to the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation by terrorizing Black activists and their allies.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
For anyone keeping score, that means this Myers Park establishment has been a gathering place since the Great Depression — a span of Charlotte history that includes World War II, desegregation, the banking boom, the Great Recession and a pandemic.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
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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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