The Civil Rights Act of 1964 superseded all state and local laws requiring segregation.

When did desegregation end?

of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) - this was the seminal case in which the Court declared that states could no longer maintain or establish laws allowing separate schools for black and white students. This was the beginning of the end of state-sponsored segregation.

What year did segregation start?

The first steps toward official segregation came in the form of “Black Codes.” These were laws passed throughout the South starting around 1865, that dictated most aspects of Black peoples' lives, including where they could work and live.