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'''Segregation''' means to separate groups of people based on race. Segregation can be forced or self-imposed. | '''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 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 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 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. | ||
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| − | ==See | + | ==See also== |
* [[Jim Crow]], for a history in the U.S. | * [[Jim Crow]], for a history in the U.S. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Separate Development#Apartheid in South Africa|Apartheid]] |
[[Category:The South]] | [[Category:The South]] | ||
[[Category:Civil Rights]] | [[Category:Civil Rights]] | ||
Revision as of 00:05, July 13, 2016
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 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."[1]
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.
Ann Coulter wrote, "There was more desegregation of American public schools in Nixon's first term than in any historical period before or since." [1]
