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desegregate

Verb

Meaning

open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

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This school is completely desegregated Source: Internet

But all of this is overshadowed by the simple fact that, when push came to shove, he refused to desegregate Texas State until forced by law. Source: Internet

Later in his presidency Truman would desegregate the U.S. military, which was unquestionably the right thing to do but made him deeply unpopular. Source: Internet

Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to desegregate fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create coeducational Greek houses in the 1970s. Source: Internet

This ruling stripped tax-exempt status from all-white private schools formed in the South in reaction to the Brown v. Board of Education mandate to desegregate public schools. Source: Internet

"We were being attacked in school by white kids," Mickey said, recalling Boston's efforts to desegregate through busing during his high school years. Source: Internet

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