The decision of Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) declared the previous ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause.
Using a Brandeis Brief, in which "social fact" is presented as evidence, it was shown that "Separate but Equal" segregation (the ruling of Plessy) was inherently unequal because of the both the tangible inferiority in such a system and the feeling of inferiority it induced it created.
Case Citation:
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. board of education
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
Plessy v. Ferguson ruled in 1896 that separate, but "equal" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional (but they ended up not being "equal" at all). Brown v. Board of Education overturned this ruling, stating that separate but "equal" schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.
yes it did
Plessy v. Ferguson said that it was okay for public facilities to be separate for different races, as long as they were equal. This decision set the stage for further racial segregation. It was eventually overturned in Brown v. Board of Education. That decision noted that separate is inherently unequal.
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
No. The Supreme Court ruling that declared racially segregated school systems to be inherently unequal was Brown v. Board of Education which overruled Plessy v. Ferguson.
The Supreme Court decision that allowed states to segregate people of different races was Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). In this ruling, the Court upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal" facilities, giving legal sanction to racial segregation for the next several decades. This decision was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
Thurgood Marshall argued the case declaring that "separate but equal " were unequal and overturned the ruling of provisions of the 1896 Plessy v Ferguson decision which allowed for "separate but equal " public facilities.