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Recent Examples of desegregation
Veasey said honoring a figure associated with resistance to school desegregation conflicts with the inclusive ideals baseball has long promoted.
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
It was closed due to desegregation efforts, the Sentinel reported, but reopened in 1974.
—Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Joseph Morton, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.
—CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
It was closed due to desegregation efforts, the Sentinel reported, but reopened in 1974.
—Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
LaFayette was one of a delegation of Nashville students who in 1960 had helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which organized desegregation and voting rights campaigns across the South.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desegregation
integration
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The shift to integration marks one of the most complex stages of aircraft development.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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Jay Banks, who in 1956 was the supervisor in charge of blocking integration at Mansfield High School, and one year later at Texarkana College.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregation. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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