Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) was an appeal of a Louisiana state law, the Separate Car Act of 1890, that required railroad companies to provide separate train cars for African-American and Caucasian travelers. The Louisiana state courts upheld the law, so Plessy (and the Citizens' Committee, an early civil rights group in New Orleans) appealed the case to the US Supreme Court, challenging the law as unconstitutional under the Thirteenth (anti-slavery) and Fourteenth (equal protection) Amendments.
The Court held that the Thirteenth Amendment applied only to slavery, and that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection was satisfied if the railroad companies provided "equal" facilities and accommodations for African-Americans. This decision established the "separate but equal" doctrine that allowed states to pass racist Jim Crow laws.
The decision in Plessy was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), but Jim Crow laws continued to exist until Congress began legislating and enforcing the Civil Rights Acts, beginning in 1964.
Case Citation:
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
These segregation laws were called "Jim Crow laws."
Jim Crow Laws
A legal system of segregation is called
Jim Crow Law?
The laws that allowed segregation were called Jim Crow Laws. They were justified under the doctrine of 'separate but equal.'
because they created this complex system for adopting laws
the segregation laws were commonly known as "Jim Crow" laws
Although segregation was illegal, it was still practiced. Northern cities went by custom not by laws.
Alabamaβs segregation laws were unconstitutional.
Apartheid
laws that promoted segregation- apex learning
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws
Because they favored racial segregation.
Jim Crow laws started in 1876 and last until 1965. These laws were racial segregation laws in the United States.
Segregation is the separation of people into racial groups without reasonable justification on the basis of discrimination. Racial segregation is outlawed in the United States, but unfortunately it may still exist within social norms.
It is called segregation. You can also find it under Jim Crow system.
== == Plessy v. Ferguson == ==
The Jim Crow laws were a series of racial segregation laws enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. These laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination, particularly between white and African American communities. Their purpose was to maintain white supremacy by systematically denying African Americans their civil rights and equal access to public facilities, education, housing, and voting rights.