segregation laws ended in the united states in 1964.
when did segregation laws end in the united states?
1964
south africa was not the only country where there were laws institutionalising segregation and racial discrimination. in the early 1960s, protests by the civil rights movement against racial segregation laws in the united states of america led to brutal response by police in southern states. the police response and subsequent mass jailing received widespread coverage in australia. in response to the mass protests and arrests in birmingham, alabama, the american president, john kennedy, introduced a civil rights bill to congress in 1963. his successor, lyndon johnson, sought to push the bill through congress in the early months of 1964. sydney university students decided to protest outside the united states consulate on 6 may 1964 in support of the bill, and against the senators from southern states who were attempting through filibuster to prevent its passage. when police began arresting protestors, fellow students tried to free them. the initial scuffle turned into what one newspaper described as "an all-in brawl", leading to extensive media publicity.
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in 1947, segregation in professional sports would suffer a very big blow after the baseball color line was broken, when negro leagues baseball player jackie robinson joined the brooklyn dodgers and had a breakthrough season.





























by the end of 1949, however, only fifteen states had no segregation laws in effect. and only eighteen states had outlawed segregation in public accommodations. of the remaining states, twenty still allowed school segregation to take place, fourteen still allowed segregation to remain in public transportation and 30 still enforced laws forbidding miscegenation.
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