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In the movie Separate but Equal what were the facts behind the case?
In the movie Separate but Equal the basic facts behind the case revolved around the segregation of schools. The 14th amend was brought before the supreme court on whether the separate but equal laws were unconstitutional.
What was the ruling during the 1896 Plessy v Ferguson case?
"separate but equal" facilities did not violate the constitution.
What led to the separate but equal doctrine?
the Plessy v. Ferguson case
What landmark supreme court case declared that the doctrine of separate but equal was unconstitutional?
Brown vs. The Board of Education ruled that separate but equal was unconstitutional.
What did the separate-but-equal legal doctrine affect?
the Plessy v. Ferguson case
What was the name of the 1896 case that separate but equal public facilities were legal what was the name of the case?
Plessy V. Fergueson
What us supreme court decision established segregation was unconstitutional?
If your asking what case caused segregation, the case of Plessy v. Ferguson created the "Separate but Equal" doctrine which gave blacks and whites equal facilities, but they were separate. This case created segregation. Just in case you are asking for what case started desegregation, it started with the case of "Brown v. Board of Education" where it was determined that the Separate but Equal doctrine was unconstitutional and demanded that schools must immediately desegregate schools. PS. The case of "Plessy v. Ferguson" was used as a precedent in the case "Brown v. Board of Education". :)
In the movie separate but equal what were the dangers of bringing the case to court?
The KKK could have killed people
In the case of Brown V board of education what do the lawyers for brown argue?
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.
In the case of Brown v. Board of Education what do the lawyers for Brown argue?
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.
What did the case of Brown v Board of Education in 1954 result in?
It overturned the idea of "separate but equal" that an earlier court had established in Plessy v Ferguson, and judged unanimously that the government allowing segregation by race was *inherently* unequal.
What was the truth about 'separate but equal'?
What is the separate but equal
