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
His manager was Spider Jorgensen, whose big league debut in 1947 had been somewhat overshadowed by teammate Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color line that day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
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
