white men living in the south
Strom Thurmond
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Segregation
The US Supreme Court.
Strom Thurmond
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896)The "separate but equal" doctrine derived from the decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), delivered on May 18, 1896.The Plessy decision was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
Separate but equal
A man who was a supporter of racial segregation would most likely support the Plessy v Ferguson Supreme Court decision. This decision established to "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed for racial segregation in public facilities as long as they were considered equal.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Plessy V Ferguson (1896)
The brown decision contradicted the plessy decision, holding that separate but equal treatment was not really equal
The Brown decision contradicted the plessy decision, holding that separate but equal treatment was not really equal