antisegregation
Against racial separation
Antisegregation describes opposition to the separation of people by race, especially in schools, housing, and public facilities.
The term appears most often in discussions of the American civil rights movement: antisegregation protests, antisegregation legislation.
It functions as an adjective modifying policies, activists, or efforts aimed at ending racial separation.
Combining into a whole
- NAACPCivil rights advocacy organization
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
- sit-insStationary protest tactics
MLK · Rosa Parks · boycott · civil disobedience · protest · march · demonstration · activism
Unbiased chance for all
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- parityState of being equal
egalitarianism · equal access · equal treatment · impartiality · level playing field · equal protection · unbiased · inclusivity
Gathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- solidarityUnity among allies
coalition · grassroots · mobilization · picket · resistance · campaign · movement · supporter
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- rulingFormal legal determination
precedent · constitutional · Fourteenth Amendment · enforcement · compliance · mandate · decree · judicial
integration
Combining into a whole
- NAACPCivil rights advocacy organization
- Brown v. BoardDesegregation Supreme Court decision
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
sit-ins · MLK · Rosa Parks · boycott · civil disobedience · protest · march · demonstration · activism · legislation
equal opportunity
Unbiased chance for all
- non-discriminationEqual treatment regardless of difference
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
parity · egalitarianism · equal access · equal treatment · impartiality · level playing field · equal protection · unbiased · inclusivity · diversity
rally
Gathering for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- advocacyPleading for a cause
solidarity · coalition · grassroots · mobilization · picket · resistance · campaign · movement · supporter · ally
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
ruling · precedent · constitutional · Fourteenth Amendment · enforcement · compliance · mandate · decree · judicial · federal intervention
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
antisegregationsegregation
Forced separation by group
segregationist · Jim Crow · apartheid · white supremacy · discrimination
segregate, segregation, desegregate, desegregation, desegregated, segregationist, desegregating, segregative, segregator