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  1. Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

    Throughout the Southern United States there were Jim Crow laws creating de jure legally required segregation. Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and …

  2. Segregation in the United States - Meaning, Facts. & Legacy | HISTORY

    Nov 28, 2018 · Segregation is the practice of requiring separate housing, education and other services for people of color. Segregation was made law several times in 19th- and 20th-century America as …

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

    racial segregation, the practice of restricting people to certain circumscribed areas of residence or to separate institutions (e.g., schools, churches) and facilities (parks, playgrounds, restaurants, …

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

    In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson introduced segregation into federal government agencies. Black employees were separated from other workers in offices, restrooms, and cafeterias.

  5. Segregation - National Humanities Center

    3 days ago · Segregation was intended to debase African Americans, strip them of their dignity, reinforce their inequality, and maintain a submissive agricultural labor force.

  6. Segregation in America | Equal Justice Initiative

    Segregation in America re-examines the civil rights era by focusing on the people and powers that opposed racial equality, to better understand the challenges of that era still before us today.

  7. Jim Crow Laws - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (U.S ...

    Apr 17, 2018 · Jim Crow Laws From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows). From …

  8. segregation | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

    Segregation is the action of separating people, historically on the basis of race and/or gender. Segregation implies the physical separation of people in everyday activities, in professional life, and …

  9. Segregation in American history | History | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Segregation in American history refers to the systemic separation of people based on race, primarily impacting African Americans and other people of color, and was a significant barrier to achieving the …

  10. Era of Segregation | National Museum of African American History

    Learn how African Americans defended their freedom against oppression. Explore the communities and culture African Americans built during segregation.