Usually means: Ending racial segregation in institutions.
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  1. desegregation: Merriam-Webster
  2. desegregation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desegregation: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. desegregation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Desegregation, desegregation: Wiktionary
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  9. desegregation: Dictionary.com
  10. desegregation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. desegregation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Desegregation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  16. desegregation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. desegregation: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. desegregation: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
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  4. desegregation: Legal dictionary

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  1. desegregation: Encyclopedia

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  1. desegregation: Medical dictionary

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  1. desegregation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act or process of eliminating segregation.
noun:  A specific period in United States history during which laws requiring racial segregation were struck down and the practice was deterred, beginning in the United States military during World War II and occurring in society in general from the mid-1950s.

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