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'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race by government mandate, typically to give more privileges or rights to the dominant group. For example 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>

'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race. Segregation can be forced or self-imposed.

In the southern [[United States]], the policy was created and enforced by the [[Democratic Party]] starting in the 1870s. 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 southern [[United States]], the policy was created by government dictates at the behest of the [[Democratic Party]] starting in the 1870s. The Democratic 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 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.