2014 Event Iran is strengthening gender segregation policies, forbidding women to work in public areas of restaurants and seeking separation from men in office settings; the move will increase the 18.9% female jobless rate 1977 Event Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1964 Event Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1963 Event John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act" 1963 Event George C. Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 1962 Event Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1962 Event Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York 1962 Event Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1956 Event Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1956 Event Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 1956 Event U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1955 Event Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states 1954 Event U.S. Armed Forces end segregation of races 1953 Event Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants 1951 Event NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1951 Event Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal 1950 Event U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation 1948 Event Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1945 Event Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off 1943 Event William H. Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces 1933 Event NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination 1867 Event Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans
