colour line

British  

noun

1. the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line )

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Example Sentences

Hundreds of floral tributes of every colour line the castle's gates, gleaming in the mid-morning sunshine.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2022

“I’m sure if it wasn’t for Joe Louis, the colour line in baseball would not have been broken for another 10 years,” he said.

From Reuters • May 12, 2020

Gwilym Mumford Part one of Ken Burns's superb documentary on Jack Johnson, who in 1908 became the first black  heavyweight champion, defying all attempts to draw a "colour line".

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

Collette was widely recorded and was a mentor to younger players, and was especially proud to have breached the colour line in Hollywood's television and recording studios.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2010

The mind of every woman, especially of a woman with an artistic bias, is not without a secret harmony of colour, line and proportion.

From The Choice of Life by Leblanc, Georgette