desegregation
Removing racial barriers
Desegregation is the ending of racial segregation—the forced separation of people by race in schools, housing, public facilities, and other institutions.
In American history, desegregation refers specifically to the dismantling of Jim Crow laws and practices, particularly after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in *Brown v.
Board of Education*: The desegregation of Southern schools proceeded slowly despite federal mandates.
The term implies an active process of integration, not merely the absence of segregation laws.
Mass student transport
- schoolsPlaces of learning
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- magnetObject producing attractive field
- complianceAdhering to requirements
Stationary protest tactics
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- SelmaAlabama civil rights city
- MLKCivil rights initials
- NAACPCivil rights advocacy organization
CORE · boycott · nonviolent · protest · activism · picketing
Same status for all
- inclusionBeing made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- justiceFair treatment under law
nondiscrimination · diversity · representation · access · belonging · participation · coexistence · tolerance
Official enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- judicialOf courts and judges
antidiscrimination · litigation · overturn · reform · districting · consent decrees · implementation · remedies
Restaurant seating at serving area
- busesMulti-passenger road vehicles
- restroomsPublic toilet facilities
- drinking fountainsPublic water dispensers
- parksPublic recreation grounds
beaches · libraries · theaters · restaurants · hotels · swimming pools · facilities · transportation
busing
Mass student transport
- schoolsPlaces of learning
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- magnetObject producing attractive field
compliance · classrooms · universities · campuses · highschools
sit-ins
Stationary protest tactics
- MontgomeryAlabama's seat of government
- SelmaAlabama civil rights city
- MLKCivil rights initials
NAACP · CORE · boycott · nonviolent · protest · activism · picketing
equality
Same status for all
- inclusionBeing made part
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
justice · nondiscrimination · diversity · representation · access · belonging · participation · coexistence · tolerance · acceptance
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
judicial · antidiscrimination · litigation · overturn · reform · districting · consent decrees · implementation · remedies · injunctions
lunch counters
Restaurant seating at serving area
- busesMulti-passenger road vehicles
- restroomsPublic toilet facilities
- drinking fountainsPublic water dispensers
parks · beaches · libraries · theaters · restaurants · hotels · swimming pools · facilities · transportation · interstate
segregationists
Advocates for racial division
blockades · standoffs · redlining · defiance · intimidation · violence · bombings · arson
- Eisenhower EraDwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, Nixon, farewell address
- Southern HistoryDeep South, Antebellum, Old South, Dixie, Confederate
- Black HistoryMartin Luther King Jr., MLK, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, baby boom
- 20th century cultureRoaring Twenties, Jazz Age, Great Depression, baby boom, counterculture
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
desegregationsegregation
Forced separation by group
apartheid · racial segregation · resegregation · Jim Crow · separation
desegregationresegregation
Renewed demographic division
segregating · antidesegregation · white flight · separating · dividing
desegregationJim Crow laws
Post-Reconstruction racial separation statutes
separate but equal · Plessy v. Ferguson · racial discrimination · white supremacy · disenfranchisement
- desegregation effortsActions ending racial separation
- school desegregationEnding racial separation in classrooms
- desegregation ordersMandates to end racial separation