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black section

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represents the interests of local Black people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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To install the filters, you simply remove the magnetically attached caps of the two air valves and slot in a filter with the black section facing the mask.

From The Verge • Oct. 21, 2021

When John Cobb was born in 1960 in a black section of Indianapolis, his mother and older siblings already were temple members.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2018

On the dusty and uphill path to the store, Jimmie and his siblings and half-siblings would walk from their black section through the Latino section before getting to where the whites lived.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 15, 2018

Carson said he has had several conversations with Trump about his upbringing in a poor, mostly black section of Detroit, which led to discussions about Trump visiting there.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2016

Most people don’t know that Rosa Parks actually sat in the black section in the back of the bus that day.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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