Once Federal troops withdrew from the South in 1877, there were no real barriers to the disfranchisement of blacks and the enforcement of rigid segregation.

Nevertheless, the Union of South Africa which, by introducing rigid racial segregation from 1913 was already catalyzing the anti-colonial political agitation of half the continent.

Wilson had recently dismissed many of the black employees of the federal government and imposed rigid segregation on the remainder.

The council has been controlled by the Conservative Party, which advocates a return to rigid segregation, since local elections last October.

The party urges more rigid racial segregation and territorial partition.

Lower Caste Hindus' lives incorporated rigid segregation and bonded labor practices.

Many judges were surprised to learn of the rigid de facto segregation in the city's public schools, many of which are almost all-minority.

And crossovers between rap and heavy-metal rock are helping to break down the rigid racial segregation fostered by conservative radio programming.

He reported that the general practice was one of "rigid segregation."

This was easier said than done, given the rigid racial segregation that soon settled over the Indian Territory.