Antedating of "Desegregation"

[Fred Shapiro]

desegregation (OED 1952)

1935 _Nation_ 15 May 571  Our first duty is to fight for the complete
economic, social, and spiritual de-segregation of the American Negro.

Fred Shapiro


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