black and white southerners were legally segregated
The decision led to segregation in federal buildings-Apex
Black and white southerns were legally segregated
black and white southerners were legally segregated
Black and white Southerners were legally segregated. -Apex
Black and white Southerners were legally segregated. -Apex
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
State laws requiring racial segregation were upheld by the Court.
State laws requiring racial segregation were upheld by the Court.
Black and white Southerners were legally segregated. -Apex
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In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, the court ruled that segregation of public spaces like restaurants, buses, drinking fountains, schools, and many others was legal and constitutional so long as these separate spaces were equal. The court stipulated that the spaces for African-Americans had to be as nice and as up-to-date as those for Caucasians. The reality was that "separate but equal" was never upheld, and the discrepancy in quality between white schools and African-American schools eventually led to another Supreme Court case, Brown vs. Board of Education, which overturned the decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson and made "separate but equal" illegal. Brown vs. Board of Education made integration the norm.
The decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) sanctioned decades of segregation and Jim Crow laws designed to enforce segregation. The South was the worst offender in terms of violating African-Americans' civil rights, but segregation and discrimination were nationwide problems.Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)For more information, see Related Questions, below.