Sentence examples for end of segregation from inspiring English sources

As in many Southern towns, the end of segregation drove money from the city.

Things began to change in the 1960s with the end of segregation.

The South's challenge since the end of segregation has been to prove him wrong.

For most black Americans, the end of segregation did not feel like the liberation that had been promised.

After winding its way through the courts, the case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that race-neutral policies alone did not ensure the end of segregation.

Ironically, the end of segregation signalled its decline, and many of the pastel-coloured homes, while still owned by black academics, doctors and judges, now look worn out.

The ending of segregation in the military and in education, the granting of women's right to vote, the removal of anti-miscegenation laws all occurred by judicial or government action before broad societal acceptance.

The Republicans adopted a platform that called for the ending of segregation in the military, an equal rights amendment for women to the U.S. Constitution, support for the recognition of Israel (which had declared independence earlier in the year), abolition of the poll tax, and strong enforcement of anticommunist regulations.

In 2011, the U.S. placed a plaque at Robinson's Montreal home to honor the ending of segregation in baseball.

This movement, which linked in to those of other countries in Europe, North America and the Antipodes, was, and is, focussed around a social understanding of disability, with the aspiration of achieving equality and human rights for people with disabilities, including the ending of segregation and the promotion of independent living.

The Vulcan Society tried to end policies of segregation but was often outmaneuvered: the department deëmphasized the physical test, at which black candidates performed well; the union helped suburban applicants by pushing for the repeal of the Lyons Law, which obliged city workers to live in the city.