Desegregation — Social Studies definition

Ending an imposed system of segregation; implementation can remain contested.

Where it is taught

• Civil Rights: Organizing, Law & Enforcement — Civil Rights, Social Change & Public Access, U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Early 21st Century, Grade 8
• Civil Rights: Organizing, Courts, Legislation & Enforcement — Civil Rights, Social Movements & Government, United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11

Taught alongside

• context
• corroboration
• interpretation
• boycott
• evidence

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