desegregation
/ˌdiːsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The ending of a policy of racial segregation: he wrote editorials calling for the desegregation of schools...
- A slew of white citizens' groups sprang up to oppose desegregation.
- In September 1957 federal troops were sent to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce school desegregation.
- To achieve desegregation in the South, nonviolent tactics were often successful.