Racial segregation was legal.
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Segregation
no
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)
The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine.
The US Supreme Court.
Separate but equal
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Plessy v. Ferguson's court decision was that the mother had every right to do what she wanted so that she could have an abortion. This was acceptable despite the objections received in the court. The court decision has then evolved to the women's rights nowadays.
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