Racial Segregation
Definition
Racial segregation is the systemic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
Analogy
Imagine if at lunchtime, all students with brown eyes had to sit on one side of the cafeteria and those with blue eyes sat on another side. That's how racial segregation worked - it separated people based on their race.
Related terms
Jim Crow Laws: These were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in Southern United States.
Plessy v. Ferguson: A landmark Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under "separate but equal" doctrine.
Brown v. Board Of Education: Another landmark Supreme Court case that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
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Which legislation ended racial segregation in public schools?
Which U.S. Supreme Court case resulted in a ruling that state laws establishing racial segregation were constitutional?
What controversial Supreme Court decision regarding racial segregation was made during this era?
Which organization, formed in 1942, focused on nonviolent protest to challenge racial segregation at the University of Chicago?
What landmark Supreme Court ruling in the 1950s significantly advanced the Civil Rights movement by declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Which landmark legislation ended racial segregation in public places?
Which mass protest against racial segregation on public transit system led to a United States Supreme Court decision declaring the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses unconstitutional?
Which act aimed to enforce constitutional rights for African Americans and end racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public?
Which cultural movement of the mid-20th century aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans?
Which domestic movement began to grow during the late 1950s that directly challenged racial segregation and discrimination?
What landmark case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
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