segregation
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Derenoncourt has found that Black Americans who migrated north to growing cities in the 20th century achieved economic gains—but their descendants experienced increasing school segregation and incarceration rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
In 1968, England were due to tour South Africa, a country then operating under a system of racial segregation known as apartheid.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Trump officials say any such favoritism violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law that forbids discrimination in education and was created to fight segregation and its impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The elections board meets in a building near the historic site where four A&T students launched the sit-in movement to protest racial segregation in 1960.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Colvin was fifteen years old when she defied segregation laws.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
The social segregations of “District 9” become filters when we leave the theater that allow us to see our own world in sharper focus.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
Magnetites containing titanium, which prevents their use at the present time, are known in many parts of the world as segregations in basic igneous rocks.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
Certain minerals, such as magnetite, ilmenite, spinel, corundum, etc., are often found as primary segregations within the mass of igneous rock.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
It has been demonstrated many times that the ordinary grades of bessemer screw stock are unsatisfactory for aviation purposes, due to the presence of excessive amounts of unevenly distributed phosphorus and sulphide segregations.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin
Above these beds there are layers of dolerite, 15 to 20 ft. thick, with nodular segregations and abundant cavities which are often lined with zeolites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing segregation
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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