colour line
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Passing the post office, I saw several mail-carriers coming out, some white, some black, talking and laughing, with no evidence, at first, of the existence of any colour line.
From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by Grayson, David
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