segregation: Quick Facts

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Black and white sign reading Pretoria, suburban station for non-whites, displayed in the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa as part of a segregation exhibit.

segregated movie theatre

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Topics

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Key People

George Wallace

George Wallace

American politician

Morrison Remick Waite

Morrison Remick Waite

chief justice of United States

Henry Billings Brown

Henry Billings Brown

United States jurist

Shaw, Lemuel

Lemuel Shaw

American jurist