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
Based on this study, it seems that during brain adolescence, the brain is balancing two key processes: segregation and integration.
From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026
Its written arguments state that the Act "does not mandate sex segregation", and "does not absolutely prohibit deviation from any norm".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
In 1943—the same year that saw North Carolina’s chief executive assuring citizens that both races found segregation “sound and sensible”—a sixteen-year-old black Durham high school student challenged the ordinance.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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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