desegregate

The Insurrection Act was Abraham Lincoln’s sword against secessionists and Dwight D. Eisenhower’s shield around the Little Rock Nine, the young Black students who were the first to desegregate schools in Arkansas.

When Southern governors refused to desegregate schools during Jim Crow is now widely understood as one of the most shameful periods in our history.

Board of Education when Southern governors refused to desegregate schools and President Eisenhower, who didn't love the Brown v.

American politics was ablaze following the Supreme Court's decision to desegregate schools.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt desegregated the Army after World War II. Later, women were given broader roles, including, now, in combat.