The university lost the case in 1950 and was desegregated by court order.

So when schools were desegregated, many black teachers found themselves out of work.

It was the first desegregated high school in the area as well.

The public schools were desegregated the next year without incident.

One was his acknowledged large role in desegregating the military.

At the time, the federal government was ordering that the city's schools be desegregated.

Desegregating the ball park was often a symbolic first step.

Some communities decided to close their doors rather than desegregate.

A few years later it was the first private school in Birmingham to desegregate.

I'm sure schools trying to desegregate now would find it harder to start the discussion.

By the third episode the island was desegregated and back to normal.

A 1956 Missouri court decision desegregated public housing in the state.

President Truman ordered the services to be desegregated after that.

For the first time in history, the federal government had attempted to desegregate a professional sports team.

Court battles continued, in an attempt to desegregate the high school.

In 1859 he attempted to desegregate the city's public transit system.

He said it was clear that "the school board and the city are under an obligation to desegregate the system."

Originally restricted to white patients only, the hospital desegregated in 1965.

Nashville thus became the first major city in the South to begin desegregating its public facilities.

Atlanta desegregated its public libraries, later than most other cities in South.

The school board was under a federal court order to desegregate the school.

For over a decade, the city has also been under court orders to desegregate its public housing.

It was one of the first districts in the state to desegregate voluntarily.

After desegregating in 1967, the school took its current name in 1973.

One of John's biggest objectives was to desegregate the armed forces.