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When did segregation in America end?

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Segregation as government policy became unconstitutional with the Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. That was the beginning of the end of formal policies of segregation, but it took many more years to eliminate them all. Some of the segregationist states fought hard against it. read more

Pressure to end racial segregation in the government grew among African Americans and progressives after the end of World War II. On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States Armed Forces. read more

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