Desegregation refers to ending racial segregation, particularly in schools or public facilities. It involves removing policies or practices that discriminate based on race and promoting equality among different racial groups.
Related terms
Integration: The process of bringing people from different racial backgrounds together into shared spaces or institutions.
Civil Rights Movement: A social movement during the 1950s and 1960s aimed at achieving equal rights for African Americans and combating racial segregation and discrimination.
Plessy v. Ferguson: A landmark Supreme Court case that established the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed racial segregation as long as separate facilities were deemed equal in quality.