desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˌ)dē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 
desegregated; desegregating; desegregates
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free of any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
Examples of desegregate in a Sentence
efforts to desegregate the town's buses
Eventually the city's schools desegregated.
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Cox says he was inspired by events like the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the bravery of the Little Rock Nine who desegregated their Arkansas high school in 1957 in the face of threats and physical harassment.
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Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Some 63 years after Brown v. the Board of Education, Cleveland became the last district in the United States to desegregate in 2017.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
The other was the Detroit City Council's (then known as the Common Council) vote against an open housing ordinance supported by Cavanagh that would have helped desegregate the city’s neighborhoods.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2024
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Lottie Joiner, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The fast-growing NAACP was testing out legal cases in hopes of desegregating the nation’s schools, including at the nearby University of North Carolina.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Some 63 years after Brown v. the Board of Education, Cleveland became the last district in the United States to desegregate in 2017.
—Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
The other was the Detroit City Council's (then known as the Common Council) vote against an open housing ordinance supported by Cavanagh that would have helped desegregate the city’s neighborhoods.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 23 July 2024
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desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˈ)dē-ˈseg-ri-ˌgāt
: to eliminate segregation in
especially
: to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
desegregate city schools
desegregation
noun
(ˌ)dē-ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-shən
Legal Definition
desegregate
transitive verb
de·seg·re·gate
dē-ˈse-grə-ˌgāt
desegregated; desegregating
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
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