segregation
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Ralph Bunche, the Nobel Prize-winning diplomat and civil rights leader, connected the fight against American segregation to the broader struggle for human rights and peace around the world.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Weekend trips into nearby Hartford, where no venues imposed racial segregation, contrasted with everything King had seen in his native Atlanta, and with the discriminatory conditions he had endured on his rail journey northward.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Jet fuel is a complex product because of its transportation, segregation and storage requirements, and the dire consequences of a potential airplane-engine malfunction.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
Chavez seemed like the right man at the right moment as Mexican Americans rose up like never before to battle discrimination and segregation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The success of the Montgomery bus boycott encouraged growing numbers of civil rights activists, black and white, to challenge laws that enforced segregation.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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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