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A number of US Supreme Court cases upheld segregation in the years following ratification of the "Restoration Amendments" (Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth), which were intended to extend African-Americans civil rights. The three primary landmark cases included:
The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 US 36 (1873)
Held that Congress could not apply the Fourteenth Amendment to the States via the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
Civil Rights Cases, 109 US 3 (1883)
Invalidated the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as unconstitutional on the grounds Congress lacked the authority to enforce provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment against private citizens and businesses.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
Upheld as constitutional the Louisiana Separate Car Act (Act 111), allowing the state to provide "separate but equal" facilities (specifically train cars, in this case) for African-Americans and whites.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere was no case that "established" racial segregation in the United States, but Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) validated existing segregation laws and practices as constitutional, holding "separate but equal" accommodations for African-Americans and Caucasians did not violate the Thirteenth or Fourteenth Amendments. The decision lead to the proliferation of Jim Crow laws, but the Supreme Court issued other rulings during Reconstruction that also undermined civil rights and supported segregation.
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∙ 13y agoThe case is Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), which upheld segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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∙ 13y agoThe Supreme Court held racial segregation was constitutional as long as "separate but equal facilities" were provided in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896).
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∙ 11y agoPlessy v Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
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∙ 14y agoPlessy v. Fergussen.
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