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Noun: color barrier
Usage: US (elsewhere: colour barrier)
  1. The barrier preventing Blacks from participating in various activities with whites
    "Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947";
    - colour barrier [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: color barriers

Type of: barrier, roadblock

Encyclopedia: Color barrier