color line
Example Sentences
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The episode belongs to a much longer lineage of banned books about race and the color line in the South and other parts of the country.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
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
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
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first Negro player to break the color line in baseball, when owner Branch Rickey invited him to join the Brooklyn Dodgers and integrate what was then America’s favorite sport.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
