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Segregation means to separate groups of people based on race. 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). | Segregation means to separate groups of people based on race. 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 addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the [[United States]] in the military and in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants and hotels before being banned everywhere except in private clubs by federal law. | + | In addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the [[United States]] in the military and in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theaters and hotels before being banned everywhere except in private clubs by federal law. Such facilities as public restrooms and even drinking fountains were also segregated |
Revision as of 02:37, June 4, 2007
Segregation means to separate groups of people based on race. 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 addition to the public schools, segregation existed in the United States in the military and in public accommodations like trains, buses, restaurants, movie theaters and hotels before being banned everywhere except in private clubs by federal law. Such facilities as public restrooms and even drinking fountains were also segregated