Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia Throughout the South there were Jim Crow laws creating de jure legally required segregation Facilities and services such as housing, healthcare, education, employment, and transportation have been systematically separated in the United States based on racial categorizations
Racial segregation | History, Meaning, Examples, Laws, Facts - Britannica 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, restrooms) on the basis of race or alleged race
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
Segregation in America | Equal Justice Initiative Video footage from the segregation era documents the millions of white Americans who arrested, beat, bombed, and terrorized civil rights demonstrators, including children
Era of Segregation | National Museum of African American History Culture. Although the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery and expanded civil rights, local and state governments passed Jim Crow laws to restrict new freedoms and separate people based on race African Americans protested segregation while also building strong communities and institutions
Segregation in American 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 ideals of liberty, freedom, and equality in the United States
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 in the exercise of civil rights