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Law erased the signs; it didn't erase the habit of looking for them.
means The ending, especially by law or policy, of the forced separation of racial groups in schools, public places, and institutions.
from Built from 'segregation' (Latin segregare, 'to separate from the flock,' from se- 'apart' + grex, grex, 'flock, herd') plus the reversing prefix 'de-'. The word rose to prominence in mid-20th-century America, attached to court rulings and legislation that dismantled legal racial separation — a bureaucratic-sounding term carrying an enormous, hard-won history inside it.
- key case
- Brown v. Board, 1954, unanimous
- the catch
- ruled with all deliberate speed, meaning slowly
- busing era
- kids crossed cities to balance classrooms
- still unfinished
- many schools resegregated by neighborhood lines since