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The Supreme Court decided "separate but equal" (i.e.,segregation) was constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, as long as the facilities or accommodations were equal.
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In Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a Louisiana law, The Separate Car Act of 1890 (Act 111), requiring African-Americans and Caucasians to travel in separate railroad cars was constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause, as long as the accommodations provided for the African-Americans were equal to those provided for Whites.
This validated the "separate but equal" doctrine whites used to avoid accepting African-Americans as peers, and allowed the proliferation of Jim Crow laws throughout the South. The decision validated segregation as legal.
The ruling appeared to contradict a recent decision prohibiting segregation on trains traveling across state lines. In the earlier case, the Court invoked Congress' authority to regulate commerce between the states under the Constitution's Interstate Commerce Clause, not the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause. In Plessy, the Court upheld the Louisiana state courts' ruling by a vote of 7-1 (Justice Brewer took no part in the case; Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented).
The precedent in Plessy v. Ferguson held until explicitly overturned by the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954)
Case Citation:
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
it legalized the public segregation of blacks and whites
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The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the legality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine. The Court ruled that segregation did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as long as the separate facilities provided to different races were equal in quality. This decision essentially legalized racial segregation and laid the foundation for decades of segregationist policies and practices.
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The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned its earlier decision in?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is the importance of the supreme court?
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
The supreme court decision Plessy v Ferguson was about?
Segregation
What is the importance of Supreme Court cases?
what is the supreme courts ruling in the case Plessy vs ferguson
Who decision legalizing segregation?
The US Supreme Court.
In which Supreme Court decision did the Court uphold the policy of separate but equal which allowed racial discrimination?
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)
What is the best description of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision?
Separate but equal
The Supreme Court decision in brown v. Board of education overturned its earlier decision in?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
What did the supreme court decision about the Brown w. Board of education?
Type your answer here... Plessy v. Ferguson.
What supreme court decision did brown v. Board of education overturn?
Plessy V Ferguson (1896)
how did the supreme court's decision in brown v. board of education relate to its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Brown decision contradicted the plessy decision, holding that separate but equal treatment was not really equal
How did the supreme court’s decision in brown v. Board of education relate to its earlier decision in plessy v. Ferguson?
The brown decision contradicted the plessy decision, holding that separate but equal treatment was not really equal
