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title: "7 Desegregated Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Desegregated quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Desegregated sayings and thoughts."
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> [The fact is this: NASA was desegregated by a white male. NASA was not desegregated by a black male. NASA was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/the-fact-is-this-nasa-was-desegregated-by-a-white-male-nasa-was-not/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/theodore-melfi-19341_black_the-fact-is-this-nasa-was-desegregated-b_87835.jpg)

> [Even after municipal recreation centers were fully desegregated in the 1960s, rather than welcome Black swimmers to those facilities, officials in many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ketanji-brown-jackson/even-after-municipal-recreation-centers-were-fully-desegregated-in/)

[Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ketanji-brown-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/ketanji-brown-jackson-6300_1960s_even-after-municipal-recreation-centers_1541860.jpg)

> [Fifty-four years ago, I was an 8-year-old boy living in rural Kentucky when the schools were desegregated. I walked into a white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwane-casey/fifty-four-years-ago-i-was-an-8-year-old-boy-living-in-rural-kentucky/)

[Dwane Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwane-casey/)

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> [I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/i-think-in-this-phase-after-the-negro-emerges-in-and-from-the/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-oliver-killens/integration-begins-the-day-after-the-minds-of-the-people-are/)

[John Oliver Killens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-oliver-killens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/john-oliver-killens-38754_inspirational_integration-begins-the-day-after-the-min_2466932.jpg)

> [Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-melfi/floyd-thompson-a-white-man-desegregated-nasa-period/)

[Theodore Melfi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-melfi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/theodore-melfi-19341_floyd_floyd-thompson-a-white-man-desegregated_3165883.jpg)

> [I was raised in a desegregated neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-bannon/i-was-raised-in-a-desegregated-neighborhood/)

[Steve Bannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-bannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/steve-bannon-4050_community_i-was-raised-in-a-desegregated-neighborh_3172171.jpg)

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