How did the segregation of 1955 start?

Question: How did the segregation of 1955 start!?

i dont noe how it started you noe when martin luther king was there!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It began a century before, with Jim Crow laws!. These laws got around giving African Americans their freedom by segregating them, making it nearly impossible for them to work, etc!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_la!.!.!.

Their noble-sounding motto was "separate but equal!." As you can imagine, some colors were certainly more equal than others!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It didn't start in 1955 but many years beforeWww@QuestionHome@Com