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  1. What Year Did Segregation End? - Constitution of The United States

    Sep 25, 2025 · A: Segregation, in the sense of Jim Crow Laws and the physical separation of races in facilities and services, officially ended in 1964 with the signing of the Civil Rights Act …

  2. Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

    De jure segregation was outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. [9] De facto segregation, or segregation "in fact", is that …

  3. Congress and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - National Archives

    Signed into law, on July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. It banned discriminatory practices in employment …

  4. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - HISTORY

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of …

  5. When Did Segregation Start and End? - Reference.com

    May 20, 2025 · When Did Segregation Start and End? Legal segregation began in 1896 when the Supreme Court sanctioned legal separation of the black and white races in the ruling H.A. …

  6. Racial segregation | History, Meaning, Examples, Laws, & Facts

    Dec 5, 2025 · Three decades after apartheid, South Africa is still considered the most unequal country in the world. Elsewhere, racial segregation was practiced with the greatest rigour in …

  7. The Segregation Era (1900–1939) - Library of Congress

    By 1936, the majority of black voters had abandoned their historic allegiance to the Republican Party and joined with labor unions, farmers, progressives, and ethnic minorities in assuring …

  8. When And How Did Segregation End In The US? - WorldAtlas

    May 21, 2018 · Although legal segregation ended in the US many decades ago, there are still reported instances where black people are suppressed through limited access to well …

  9. FROM SLAVERY TO SEGREGATION - Equal Justice Initiative

    The narrative of racial difference created to justify slavery — the myth that white people are superior to Black people — was not abolished by the Emancipation Proclamation or the …

  10. Major Milestones in Ending Segregation in the U.S. - ThoughtCo

    Jul 28, 2019 · A timeline history of ending segregation in the United States, from the 1800s until the present day, including the Civil Rights Act of 1968.