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de jure segregation

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Noun1.de jure segregation - segregation that is imposed by law
separatism, segregation - a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
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They mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Americans and members of other non-white racial groups.
The long walk from slave market to the White House by New African
The second irony is one that also haunts the work of Glenn and Hirsch: the great victory of 1960s civil rights legislation in destroying de jure segregation in the public schools has not been followed, as was expected, by a diminution in de facto racial segregation and by an overall improvement in American educational outcomes.
A real education reformer by Aeschliman, M. D. / Modern Age
De jure segregation was not present in these cases since Seattle never had segregated its schools, and Louisville, under court order, already had eliminated any vestiges of state sanctioned segregation.
The Supreme Court "races" on by Bresler, Robert J. / USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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