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'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race or cultural differances. 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 state governments after the end of [[Reconstruction]] and the reemergence of the [[Democratic party]] after 1876. 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>
[[Woodrow Wilson]], the second Democrat president after the [[Civil War]], introduced segregation into the United States government [[Civil Service]], requiring separate bathrooms and cafaterias in federal buildings throughout the land, including Northern and Western states which had fought for the Union and had no laws requiring segregation of the races. US [[military]] training and units also were segregated.
In addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the United States in the military before 1950. In the South it existed in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theaters and hotels before being banned by federal law in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
In addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the United States in the military before 1950. In the South it existed in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theaters and hotels before being banned by federal law in the Civil Rights Act of 1964.