The decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine that promoted segregation, various forms of legalized discrimination (such as Jim Crow laws), and indirectly sanctioned hatred and racism.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
Plessy v. Ferguson.
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
Segregation
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Yes- Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal" (or segregation) clause.