Explore Desegregate through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like integrate or mix. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Desegregate meaning
To end the segregation of (something).
Using Desegregate
- The main meaning on this page is: To end the segregation of (something).
- Useful related words include: integrate, mix, segregate.
- In the example corpus, desegregate often appears in combinations such as: to desegregate, desegregate its, desegregate the.
Context around Desegregate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Desegregate
- In this selection, "desegregate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, texas and virginia stand out and add context to how "desegregate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include charter to desegregate its graduate and education to desegregate fraternity houses. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "desegregate" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with desegregate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1964, Rice officially amended the university charter to desegregate its graduate and undergraduate divisions. (15 words)
It wants to honor him for his work to desegregate the fire department in the 70s. (16 words)
Marshall was essentially arguing that officials in Little Rock, Ark. had to follow a federal court order to desegregate its schools. (21 words)
The two women are the daughters of a Baptist minister who invited Martin Luther King Jr. to his church on Chicago’s West Side in 1965, shortly before King moved into a tenement as he tried to desegregate one of the country’s most segregated cities. (46 words)
LawsonРђЎs lessons led Nashville to become the first major city in the South to desegregate its downtown, on May 10, 1960, after hundreds of well-organised students staged lunch-counter sit-ins and boycotts of discriminatory businesses. (37 words)
Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to desegregate fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create coeducational Greek houses in the 1970s. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
James L. Solomon Jr., one of three African American students to desegregate South Carolina University back in 1963, died Friday at the age of 94.
LawsonРђЎs lessons led Nashville to become the first major city in the South to desegregate its downtown, on May 10, 1960, after hundreds of well-organised students staged lunch-counter sit-ins and boycotts of discriminatory businesses.
But all of this is overshadowed by the simple fact that, when push came to shove, he refused to desegregate Texas State until forced by law.
It wants to honor him for his work to desegregate the fire department in the 70s.
Later in his presidency Truman would desegregate the U.S. military, which was unquestionably the right thing to do but made him deeply unpopular.
Charles Alexander, known as Alex-Zan, will share his experiences as a member of the “Charlottesville Twelve,” the first group of 12 students to desegregate Virginia public schools in 1958.
Marshall was essentially arguing that officials in Little Rock, Ark. had to follow a federal court order to desegregate its schools.
The two women are the daughters of a Baptist minister who invited Martin Luther King Jr. to his church on Chicago’s West Side in 1965, shortly before King moved into a tenement as he tried to desegregate one of the country’s most segregated cities.
We had this federal judge in San Francisco who made the determination that the Seattle schools were segregated and was going to draft a plan for how to desegregate them.
Dartmouth College was among the first institutions of higher education to desegregate fraternity houses in the 1950s, and was involved in the movement to create coeducational Greek houses in the 1970s.
Efforts to desegregate Jackson facilities began when nine Tougaloo College students tried to read books in the "white only" public library and were arrested.
In 1964, Rice officially amended the university charter to desegregate its graduate and undergraduate divisions.
This ruling stripped tax-exempt status from all-white private schools formed in the South in reaction to the Brown v. Board of Education mandate to desegregate public schools.
Common combinations with desegregate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to desegregate 12×
- desegregate its 3×
- desegregate the 2×