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Definition: desegregation from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

(1935) 1 : the state of being desegregated 2 : the action or an instance of desegregating


desegregation

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The process of ending separation or isolation of a group who were restricted by law or custom to separate living areas, public facilities, educational institutions, etc. Desegregation often refers to this process in the context of black Americans. (See civil-rights movement .) Beginning in the early 20th century, after most southern blacks had been disenfranchised and the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) sustained a statute for ‘separate-but-equal’ schools, civil-rights groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) began fighting for desegregation. The NAACP led successful campaigns against disenfranchisement of blacks during the 1910s and against school segregation beginning in the 1930s. Future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall led many of these legal battles. In 1948, presidential Executive Order 9981 integrated the armed forces (blacks had traditionally served in segregated units). After the 1954 US Supreme Court Case…
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Segregation is the practice, by law or custom , of separating groups spatially according to race , class, or ethnicity . In South Africa, the apartheid system kept the black population in physically isolated areas; in the United States, racial segregation began after the end of slavery, when new…
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Full text Article Desegregation

From Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education , which struck down public school racial segregation in 1954, was, for a segment of black and white citizens, a hopeful legislation ( Anderson & Byrne, 2004 ). Many believed that desegregating public schools would increase educational and…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The process of ending separation or isolation of a group who were restricted by law or custom to separate living areas, public facilities, educational institutions, etc. Desegregation often refers to this process in the context of black Americans. (See civil-rights movement .) Beginning in the early…
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Full text Article desegregation

From Encyclopedia of African-American Politics
Desegregation is a process or technique to end segregation in the institutions of American society, including education, housing, recreational facilities, the military, and so on. It involves the removal of legal barriers to inclusion or participation based on ethnic or racial discrimination. It is…
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From Dictionary of American Government and Politics
Desegregation is the process of eliminating racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. It usually refers to the moves to end the provision of separate facilities in a school, workplace or the military, so that members of all races or ethnic groups can experience the…
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From Chambers Dictionary of World History
In the USA, the movement to end the segregation between black African-American citizens and whites. After the end of the American Civil War many laws enforcing segregation were passed (the Jim Crow Laws ). The movement for desegregation began with the foundation of the National Association for the…
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Full text Article RACIAL DESEGREGATION

From The Reader's Companion to American History
Racial desegregation refers to controversial, complicated, and ongoing efforts to erase racial stratification—“the color line”—from American society. Although desegregation has touched every aspect of social life—from employment to public accommodations to marriage—public schooling is the context in…
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School desegregation is a broad term encompassing various processes aimed at undoing or reducing school segregation, which in turn has several distinct meanings or connotations. The terms are typically used in reference to distinct racial identity groups, although they may be applied to other…
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One of the most important rights Americans have is the right to a free public education. No child in the United States, whether native- or foreign-born, can be denied access to a public school for elementary and secondary education. While in theory this means that everyone is entitled to the same…
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Full text Article School Desegregation

From Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice
Racially segregated public spaces were the norm in the United States of America before the Declaration of Independence and the American Civil War. After the abolition of slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation, the southern Confederate states continued to segregate public spaces. Many began to…
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