color line
Example Sentences
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When Jackie Robinson entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, his informational plaque didn’t mention that he had broken baseball’s color line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
She described how recent protests against police violence are affecting her understanding of America’s color line.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2025
We know the history and present of this country and the color line.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
In late 2014 I was hired to play friend #3 in a new commercial for Garnier Nutrisse, the at-home hair color line.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2023
The color line no longer bothered C.P., but there remained the far less visible but just as substantial line of class separating himself from people like Howard Clement.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
