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Definition of Desegregate
1. Verb. Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups. "This school is completely desegregated"
Derivative terms: Desegregation, Integrating, Integration
Antonyms: Segregate
Definition of Desegregate
1. Verb. To remove segregation by allowing access to something by people of all races or ethnicity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desegregate
1. [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desegregate
Literary usage of Desegregate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"It is designed not to desegregate schools but to ameliorate the effects of
segregation in urban schools. To a large extent the community ..."
2. Reflections on School Integration: Colloquium Proceedings by Mokubung O. Nkomo, Carolyn McKinney, Linda Chisholm (2004)
"The history was one of a moderately serious effort to actually desegregate schools
in the South and a limited effort elsewhere. ..."
3. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, 1999 edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"16.100 DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS: The Justice
Department may go to court to obtain an order to desegregate a public school ..."
4. Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation: Female Participation & Involvement by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The political realities viewed a compliant re- quest to a Southern governor to
desegregate the National Guard in his state as certain political suicide. ..."
5. Perspectives on Affirmative Action and Its Impact on Asian Pacific Americans edited by Gena A. Lew (1996)
"While affirmative action evolved into a key part of America's national policy to
end discrimination, the efforts to desegregate the workplace have been ..."
6. Examining the Relationship Between Housing, Education, and Persistent edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Any policy designed to desegregate the Twin Cities must include metropolitan-wide
school and housing plans. SECTION D: EDUCATION IN THE TWIN CITIES The ..."
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