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Recent Examples of desegregation
Some events the quilters chose to highlight are the Boston Tea Party, Emancipation Proclamation, Wounded Knee, women’s suffrage, Chinese railroad workers, desegregation, the Flint Strike and student protests.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The nonviolent sit-in led to other demonstrations and to the desegregation of Katz stores and other Oklahoma City businesses.
—Maria Guinnip, Oklahoman, 14 Apr. 2026
School boards made critical decisions around school desegregation in the 1950s through the 1970s.
—Carrie Sampson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, in Hartford, Connecticut, PLF challenged a decades-old desegregation settlement that prevented racial and ethnic minority kids from attending high-quality magnet schools in their own neighborhood.
—Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
The nonviolent sit-in led to other demonstrations and to the desegregation of Katz stores and other Oklahoma City businesses.
—Maria Guinnip, Oklahoman, 14 Apr. 2026
School boards made critical decisions around school desegregation in the 1950s through the 1970s.
—Carrie Sampson, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
Elsewhere, in Hartford, Connecticut, PLF challenged a decades-old desegregation settlement that prevented racial and ethnic minority kids from attending high-quality magnet schools in their own neighborhood.
—Alison Somin, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desegregation
integration
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After the core stage arrives at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, teams will complete the stage outfitting and vertical integration, and the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program will stack the rocket’s components in preparation for launch.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Proceeds from the sale of the merchandise will be donated to the International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA), a nonprofit organization that provides immigration legal assistance, refugee support and essential services for immigrant integration in the city.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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