No. Public schools were already segregated in many parts of the United States prior to the Plessy v. Ferguson,(1896) case. The Supreme Court decision in Plessy validated the "separate but equal" doctrine, and lead to the entrenchment of Jim Crow laws that discriminated against African-Americans.
Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), is the Supreme Court case that overturned the decision in Plessy and lead to the integration of public schools.
Segregated schools for blacks and whites are unfair
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson is what provided constitutional justification for segregation. Segregation in public schools was outlawed in another Supreme Court ruling in 1954.
Some places that were integrated became segregated
No. Plessy and Brown are two separate cases. Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) and declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.
In the Plessy versus Ferguson case it was decided that the state law of racial segregation concerning public facilities, like trains, was protected under the constitution.
This decision actually declared that states' practices where separate schools be used to educate white children and black children was unconstitutional. It overturned an 1896 decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, which allowed segregation in public schools to be sponsored by individual states.
This decision actually declared that states' practices where separate schools be used to educate white children and black children was unconstitutional. It overturned an 1896 decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, which allowed segregation in public schools to be sponsored by individual states.
"Seperate but equal"
1969
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
Because before the first case of Plessy V. Ferguson, the 14th amendment was in place, yet schools (and public transportation) were segregated. After the last case of Brown v. Board of Education, schools (and eventually other things as well) were no longer segregated and black people and white people could learn together.
The result of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in the South was the legalization of racial segregation and the establishment of the "separate but equal" doctrine. This decision allowed for the implementation of Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation in public facilities and perpetuated racial discrimination and inequality in the South for several decades.