In addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the United States in the military and in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theatres and hotels before being banned everywhere except in private clubs by federal law in the Ciivil Rights Act of 1964. | In addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the United States in the military and in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theatres and hotels before being banned everywhere except in private clubs by federal law in the Ciivil Rights Act of 1964. |