When did segregation end?
Segregation timeline May 17, 1954: Supreme Court unanimously outlaws segregation in public schools in Brown v. Board of Education. Aug. 29, 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 aims to increase black turnout at the polls by making it a crime to obstruct voter registration. July 2, 1964: Civil Rights Bill of 1964 bans segregation in the workplace and public accommodations. April 10, 1968: Civil Rights Bill bans discrimination in housing.