desegregation
noun
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Definition of desegregation
1
: the state of being desegregated
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: the action or an instance of desegregating
Examples of desegregation in a Sentence
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Local vignettes include a bust of Lyman T. Johnson, who fought to open the University of Kentucky to African American students in 1949, and pamphlets from the Louisville Black Teachers Association before the city's desegregation. — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, "Louisville will soon have a 'healing place' for black history at new museum on Main Street," 29 Aug. 2019 African art figurines were found beheaded, with their limbs removed, and a school desegregation poster was damaged, according to Education Department employees and a congressional aide. — NBC News, "African American employee's office vandalized inside Education Department," 23 Aug. 2019 The moderate is leading in the polls, but has been plagued by a series of gaffes on the trail, and Harris memorably attacked him in the first debate over his record on desegregation school busing. — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, "Kamala Harris’ thread-the-needle message put to test in crucial 2020 state," 16 Aug. 2019 The agreement calls for an independent monitor to track the district’s progress, create a desegregation advisory group, establish a scholarship program and provide college and career guidance for students. — Washington Post, "Wealthy San Francisco suburb agrees to desegregate school," 10 Aug. 2019 This was the summer of the searing in-between—the combustible space between the passing of federal desegregation laws and local compliance. — Tom Verducci, SI.com, "The Hard, Historic Roads That Lead to Baseball's Magic Number: .400," 8 Aug. 2019 The state’s Department of Education proposed taking over the district last year after finding problems, from financial mismanagement to flaws in the desegregation program, known as the student assignment plan. — John Eligon, BostonGlobe.com, "Busing worked, so why is Louisville getting more segregated?," 28 July 2019 Busing emerged out of frustration with school districts who disregarded the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education desegregation decision. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "NISD busing case coincided with Biden’s anti-busing efforts," 29 June 2019 At issue was whether children should be taken from familiar neighborhood schools, friends and teachers and bused across town to meet desegregation quotas designed by federal judges and bureaucrats. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Knitwits and Joe Biden’s Busing History," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'desegregation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for desegregation
desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
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Kids Definition of desegregation
: the act or process or an instance of ending a law or practice that separates people of different races
desegregation
noun
de·seg·re·ga·tion
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Legal Definition of desegregation
1
: the action or an instance of desegregating
2
: the state of being desegregated