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Blacks sitting at lunch counters, using the white water fountain, etc. was not a matter of social custom, but law, enforced by the government.

Forgive the snark, but how/why do you think those laws, as enforced by the government, were initially passed and generally upheld (until effectively challenged)?

Helpful hint: the answer is in your own comment.

As such, the analogy stands, though the analogy of the Norfolk 17 is potentially a better one.