color line
Example Sentences
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The color line, slavery and the long Black Freedom Struggle are not peripheral to the American story; they are central to it.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
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
Historically, it has fallen to young, poor and working-class people on both sides of the color line to make that sacrifice.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025
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
For years a white businessman named Ralph Johns had tried to convince A&T students to defy the color line in Greensboro.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
