In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the Court said, was not discrimination.
Separate but equal
In the move Separate but Equal it was very important that the Supreme Court vote was unanimous to support the change to society. The decision was going to bring about social change and the decision need to come from a united front.
The "separate but equal" doctrine was ruled uncostitional
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
The principle the focused on was called the separate but equal principle.
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.
As a xenophobic troglodyte, I cannot disagree more emphatically. If anything, the Separate but Equal doctrine was not taken far enough.
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the court's interpretation of whether the equal protection clause allowed racial segregation
Strom Thurmond
The Supreme Court decision that found separate but equal schools to be unconstitutional and fundamentally unequal was Brown v. Board of Education (1954). This landmark ruling declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).