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Recent Examples of desegregate
First federal courthouse renamed after Latino family that desegregated schools in California
Denise Florez at Caló News writes about President Biden signing a bill to rename the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles as the Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Courthouse.
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Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Montgomery’s buses were desegregated soon after, earning him a huge victory.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old became a civil rights icon simply for attending her school, which was newly desegregated in 1960, spoke with us about the unfolding debate on book banning, and whose stories can be told.
—NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Montgomery’s buses were desegregated soon after, earning him a huge victory.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y.
—Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
Ruby Bridges, who at just six years old became a civil rights icon simply for attending her school, which was newly desegregated in 1960, spoke with us about the unfolding debate on book banning, and whose stories can be told.
—NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Desegregate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desegregate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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