desegregate
verb (used with object)
to eliminate racial segregation in.
had desegregated
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past perfectof desegregate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And that plan worked as intended: By 1968, just 3 percent of the Jefferson County school district had desegregated.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Back at Harvard, he met Anne Holton, his future wife and the daughter of a former Virginia governor, Linwood Holton, a moderate Republican who had desegregated the state’s schools.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2016
Within a year, more than one hundred cities had desegregated at least some public accommodations in response to student-led demonstrations.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Even before the Civil Rights Act, the state had desegregated most of its public accommodations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two other restaurants had desegregated the night before, and others promised to follow suit within days.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
