desegregation

Noun

(plural desegregations)

The act or process of eliminating segregation.

Proper noun

A specific period in United States history during which laws requiring racial segregation were struck down and the practice was deterred, beginning in the United States military during World War II and occurring in society in general from the mid-1950s.

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desegregation - Legal Definition

n

The removal of laws and policies enforcing a separation of the races.

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Included here might be desegregation programs, programs designed to increase contact among different races and cultures.
Magnet schools were originally formed in the 1960s and 1970s to promote voluntary racial desegregation in urban school districts.
Rosa Parks is a great example of a bastion for desegregation.

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