segregation

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Its strongest leaders spoke not only about the sins of segregation but also about the responsibilities of freedom, understanding that justice without moral renewal would leave communities politically visible but internally broken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

And now, just shy of his 40th birthday, Coogler is an Oscar winner, for best original screenplay for horror period piece "Sinners," an unlikely mash-up of racial segregation, Southern blues and vampire-fueled gore.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Although the cellular machinery responsible for chromosome segregation has remained highly conserved throughout evolution, the DNA found at centromeres changes surprisingly quickly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

It is not discrimination, but rather, continuing to address the persisting harms of segregation, in schools and in communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

“Remember, the Women’s Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools stands neither for segregation nor integration, but for education,” Mrs. Brewer said.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine