When did segregation end for blacks in America?

It depends on the details. Segregation was largely outlawed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Brown vs Board of Education decision in 1954. read more

Segregation, legally speaking, was ended in 1964 when the Civil Rights act was passed. This means that legally it is prohibited to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. read more

Legal segregation of schools was stopped in the U.S. by federal enforcement of a series of Supreme Court decisions after Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. All legally enforced public segregation was abolished by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. read more

A: Legal segregation began in 1896 when the Supreme Court sanctioned legal separation of the black and white races in the ruling H.A. Plessy v. J.H. Ferguson, but the decision was overruled in 1954. read more