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desegregate

[ dee-seg-ri-geyt ]

verb (used with object)

desegregated, desegregating.
  1. to eliminate racial segregation in:

    to desegregate all schools.



verb (used without object)

desegregated, desegregating.
  1. to eliminate racial segregation; to integrate at an institutional level members of different communities without regard to skin color.

desegregate

/ »å¾±Ëˈ²õɛɡ°ùɪˌɡ±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to end racial segregation in (a school or other public institution)
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ»å±ð²õ±ð²µ°ù±ðˈ²µ²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô¾±²õ³Ù, nounadjective
  • ËŒ»å±ð²õ±ð²µ°ù±ðˈ²µ²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of desegregate1

First recorded in 1950–55; de- + segregate
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When Southern governors refused to desegregate schools during Jim Crow is now widely understood as one of the most shameful periods in our history.

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Board of Education when Southern governors refused to desegregate schools and President Eisenhower, who didn't love the Brown v.

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American politics was ablaze following the Supreme Court's decision to desegregate schools.

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt desegregated the Army after World War II. Later, women were given broader roles, including, now, in combat.

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For guidance, the justices can look to the very beginning of Medicare in the 1960s, when the promise of federal funding finally persuaded hospitals in the Jim Crow South to desegregate.

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