desegregate

Example Sentences

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Even though Lexington was in the segregated south, it was a federal facility and desegregated.

From Scientific American

Supreme Court desegregated the nation’s schools in 1954, Orange County public schools remained segregated for years afterwards.

From Seattle Times

Areas surrounding Greenfield were less progressive: It would take the neighboring town of Hillsboro another 70 years to desegregate its schools.

From Washington Post

Bakke was poised to be the court’s most important ruling on race since its order to desegregate public schools in Brown v.

From New York Times

That would insulate it from market forces and desegregate low-income tenants from people who make well over Seattle’s median income.

From Seattle Times