segregation
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The day celebrates the life and legacy of the Baptist minister, who played a key role in ending legal segregation in the U.S.
From Barron's
The civil-rights movement dismantled segregation and expanded opportunity—an extraordinary achievement.
“Young people think Rosa Parks just sat down on a bus and ended segregation, but that wasn’t the case at all,” Colvin said to the New York Times in 2009.
From Salon
Additionally, while there are separate facilities for boys and girls, the mandated age-based segregation within these facilities is not always adhered to.
From BBC
Claudette Colvin, who helped end racial segregation in the US by refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person, has died.
From BBC
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