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That was the attempt at segregation that thought we could have equal treatment for blacks and whites while keeping separate facilities for them. But somehow, they never were quite equal.
In the year 1963, freedom riders were attacked in Montgomery, Alabama.
Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?
That was the attempt at segregation that thought we could have equal treatment for blacks and whites while keeping separate facilities for them. But somehow, they never were quite equal.
During segregation blacks were kept separate from whites. This is because blacks were not viewed as equal to the whites.
The blacks were entitled to equal treatment. At first, the doctrine of 'Separate, but Equal' was followed, but in the 1950s the courts came to the realization that separate was not and could not be equal.
The case of Brown v Board of Education in Topeka Kansas resolved the issue of spereate but equal schools by overturning Plessy v Ferguson ruling, and allowing blacks and whites to go to the same schools.
Jim crow laws
"Separate but equal" segregation. Nullifying the Fifteenth Amendment. Instituting sharecropping systems.
Jim crow laws
"Separate but Equal is inherently unequal". Separating schools based on race is unconstitutional based upon the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution.
What is the separate but equal