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'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race. Segregation can be forced or self-imposed.
'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race or cultural differances. Segregation can be forced or self-imposed.
In the southern [[United States]], the policy was created by government mandates at the behest of the [[Democratic party]] starting in the 1870s. The Democratic party has been known ever since as the party of segregation. Segregation was allowed in public schools by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896), but then prohibited in [[Brown v. Board of Education]] (1954). In the 1960s, "Segregationists wanted policies that privileged whites."<ref>[http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.928/article_detail.asp The Myth of the Racist Republicans]</ref>
In the southern [[United States]], the policy was created by government mandates at the behest of the [[Democratic party]] starting in the 1870s. The Democratic party has been known ever since as the party of segregation. Segregation was allowed in public schools by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] (1896), but then prohibited in [[Brown v. Board of Education]] (1954). In the 1960s, "Segregationists wanted policies that privileged whites."<ref>[http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.928/article_detail.asp The Myth of the Racist Republicans]</ref>