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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The Department of Health, Education and Welfare determined that the Austin school district was not complying with the Civil Rights Act and that further changes were needed.
1971: A federal judge ordered the closure of the Old L.C. Anderson High School as part of a desegregation lawsuit.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Since the 1960s, white segregationists pushed for private school vouchers to avoid the desegregation mandates of Brown v. Board of Education and maintain a discriminatory and unequal system of education.
—Jessica Alcantara, Time, 2 July 2025
The last time the military was deployed without a governor’s request or approval, military experts said, was to facilitate desegregation in Southern states during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The desegregation remedy was therefore intradistrict.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Since the 1960s, white segregationists pushed for private school vouchers to avoid the desegregation mandates of Brown v. Board of Education and maintain a discriminatory and unequal system of education.
—Jessica Alcantara, Time, 2 July 2025
The last time the military was deployed without a governor’s request or approval, military experts said, was to facilitate desegregation in Southern states during the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025
The desegregation remedy was therefore intradistrict.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Desegregation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desegregation. Accessed 29 Jul. 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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