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desegregate verb admix, agglomerate, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, band, be mixed, blend, coalesce, combine racially, combine with, commingle, commix, confederate, conglomerate, conjoin, connect, eliminate racial segregation, fuse, incorporate, inntitute commingling of races, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, join tooether, make no racial distinctions, mass, meld, merge, merge in, mingle, mix, promote racial harmony, promote racial mixing, to bring together, unify, unite How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Instead, he participated in a nonviolent protest at a white-only officer's club at Freeman Field in Indiana - an action that helped pave the way for Executive Order 9981, signed by President Harry Truman in 1948, desegregating the military. At first, activists focused on desegregating public accommodation: seatings at dining places and public transportation facilities. Moreover, the very idea that desegregating schools was the exclusive means of achieving equality assumed that black institutions and perhaps even black people were inferior. |
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