segregation

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Born May 4, 1937, in Houston, the eldest of four children, Edwards grew up surrounded by racial segregation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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

The brain stops prioritizing these “expressways” and shifts back to segregation to lock in the pathways our brains use most.

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

They sang protest songs and listened to community leaders who assured them that after hundreds of years spent wandering in the desert of segregation and oppression, the Promised Land was at last within sight.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson