Sentence examples for race barriers from inspiring English sources

Breaking the gender and race barriers in their respective countries, Rousseff and Obama illustrate the powers of democracy.

Still, no one can legitimately argue that the breaking of race barriers in the last half-century in sports in general and basketball in particular has not changed the game dramatically and positively.

Dr Gidley added: "The school issue is interesting, because the ethnographic research I've done in London suggests the barriers along class lines are growing as race barriers are decreasing".

Sport showcases the amazing diversity of the human body, from pint-sized US gymnast Gabby Douglas breaking race barriers to become all-around Olympic champion in 2012 to the slip-of-a-frame world and Olympic champion rower Helen Glover or the power of New Zealand shot-putter Valerie Adams.

She overcame both gender and race barriers.

Marathoners helped move the race barriers aside, so that the crowd could leave the scene, he says.

Jackie Robinson breaking the race barrier in Major League Baseball.

"Augusta has broken the race barrier but has chosen not to break the gender barrier.

Do we want to break the race barrier or the gender barrier?" Still, there is resistance to the idea of party leaders stepping in to resolve the fight.

A few years ago, the Los Angeles-based artist Martine Syms found a clip in which Powell, then in her eighties, expounded on her idea that adopting the right style could help black artists overcome the race barrier.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre and sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s when he was music's greatest performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.