Definition of desegregation in English:
desegregation
nounˌdiːsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)nˌdiˌsɛɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe ending of a policy of racial segregation.
he wrote editorials calling for the desegregation of schools
Example sentencesExamples
- To achieve desegregation in the South, nonviolent tactics were often successful.
- Yet, despite decades of attempted desegregation initiatives, an overwhelming number of classrooms remain segregated.
- In some cases, schools were simply closed in resistance to desegregation.
- In September 1957 federal troops were sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce school desegregation.
- Throughout history you would be considered open-minded if you supported desegregation, or women's suffrage, or even democracy.
- President Nixon solidified public opposition to federal desegregation of the suburbs at a time when the nation was poised for change.
- A slew of white citizens' groups sprang up to oppose desegregation.
- The most dramatic social change in the United States during the 20th century was the racial desegregation of public facilities.
- This follow-up case resulted in a court-ordered desegregation plan and a multimillion-dollar bond issue to build three new schools.
- This decade was characterized by increased legal challenges to mandated school desegregation policies.
Definition of desegregation in US English:
desegregation
nounˌdēˌseɡrəˈɡāSH(ə)nˌdiˌsɛɡrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
The ending of a policy of racial segregation.
he wrote editorials calling for the desegregation of schools
Example sentencesExamples
- President Nixon solidified public opposition to federal desegregation of the suburbs at a time when the nation was poised for change.
- Yet, despite decades of attempted desegregation initiatives, an overwhelming number of classrooms remain segregated.
- To achieve desegregation in the South, nonviolent tactics were often successful.
- This follow-up case resulted in a court-ordered desegregation plan and a multimillion-dollar bond issue to build three new schools.
- Throughout history you would be considered open-minded if you supported desegregation, or women's suffrage, or even democracy.
- A slew of white citizens' groups sprang up to oppose desegregation.
- In some cases, schools were simply closed in resistance to desegregation.
- In September 1957 federal troops were sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce school desegregation.
- The most dramatic social change in the United States during the 20th century was the racial desegregation of public facilities.
- This decade was characterized by increased legal challenges to mandated school desegregation policies.