Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Renewal of segregation, as in a school system, after a period of desegregation.
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- noun The state or process of being
segregated again or in a new way
Etymologies
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Examples
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NC NAACP head upset over what he calls school 'resegregation' policy arrested again
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Rallies, news conferences and candlelight vigils against the feared "resegregation" of the state's largest school district culminated in the recent arrests of four activists for refusing to vacate board members 'chairs.
LJWorld.com stories: News By Allen G. Breed - Associated Press Writer 2010
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Next article Fear of 'resegregation' fuels unrest in US
KVUE - Home 2010
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OUR NATION Fear of 'resegregation' fuels unrest in NC
Chicago Defender 2010
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The conservative blogger in California opines: "I suppose it's lost on 'resegregation' protesters that the whole Brown revolution began after a father put his foot down and refused to accept that his children could not attend their neighborhood school, by government mandate, because they were black."
Booker Rising 2010
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NC NAACP head upset over what he calls school 'resegregation' policy arrested again
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But it's more than a little disingenuous to call this a "resegregation" plan when the status quo is already heavily segregated in many of these schools, and when those who are hollering loudest about the bad new plan would be content to return us to the bad old plan.
NashvilleScene.com 2009
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"resegregation" of the state's largest school district culminated in the recent arrests of four activists for refusing to vacate board members 'chairs.
Black America Web 2010
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"resegregation" of the state's largest school district culminated in the recent arrests of four activists for refusing to vacate board members 'chairs.
Chicago Defender 2010
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"resegregation" of the state's largest school district culminated in the recent arrests of four activists for refusing to vacate board members 'chairs.
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