<P> 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 ( segregation de jure ) was abolished by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . It passed after demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement resulted in public opinion turning against legally - enforced segregation . </P>
<P> 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 ( segregation de jure ) was abolished by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . It passed after demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement resulted in public opinion turning against legally - enforced segregation . </P>
when did segregation laws end in the united states
when did segregation laws end in the united states
1964
1964