Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?
It legalized the public segregation of blacks and whites.
It stated that separate facilities for blacks and whites was legal.
it legalized separate but equal
Separate but equal
"separate but equal"
Racial segregation was legal.
Racial segregation was legal.
it legalized the public segregation of blacks and whites.
Separate but equal
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
The Supreme Court decided that Plessy's plan was still treating the negro as if they were being segerated.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
Segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson.
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
The US Supreme Court.
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896)The "separate but equal" doctrine derived from the decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), delivered on May 18, 1896.The Plessy decision was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)