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When did the US Supreme Court rule to separate African-Americans and whites?
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∙ 14y ago
In Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) the US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 with 1 abstention that the separation of races black and white was legal. It was called "separate but equal," as a way of justifying the supposed equality of it.
It was not equal but stood as the law of the land until the 1954 Brown vs the Board of education of Topeka , Kansas case which overturned separate but equal and required black children to be allowed to go to schools with white children.
Unfortunately many many school districts in the south and elsewhere reacted by creating private school districts, funded by the white citizens and parents, thus preventing the intent of Brown vs Board of education, which was for children of all races to go to school together to further racial "harmony."
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Supreme Court didn't specifically rule that there should be separate schools for African-Americans and whites, but the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) gave school districts and other government entities the ability to create segregationist laws and policies. Plessy was not about education but a Louisiana law that required African-Americans and whites to ride in separate train cars. The Supreme Court held the law was constitutional as long as the separate facilities were equal (which was rarely the case), giving rise to the well-known "separate but equal" doctrine.
Although the federal government and states ratified the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments abolishing slavery, declaring African-Americans citizens, and extending constitutional protection, it couldn't put an end to racism. Whites used the "separate but equal" doctrine to pass Jim Crow laws prohibiting African-Americans from using the same public facilities as whites. Segregation in public education was just one of many indignities forced on African-Americans as a result of Plessy v. Ferguson.
The Supreme Court later overturned Plessy when it ruled segregation in public schools is unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).
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What did the supr eme court rule about separate schools for whites and blacks?
The Supreme court decided that blacks and whites could go to school together. But, the whites didn't like that black children were going to the same schools as the whites.
What statement is the best description of the plessy v Ferguson supreme court?
Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?
What did the supreme court say about separate schools from blacks and whites?
"Separate but Equal is inherently unequal". Separating schools based on race is unconstitutional based upon the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution.
Which of these court cases established the concept of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites is the supreme law for all judges at either the state or federal level?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What did the supreme court say about the separate but equal clause?
No
What work did Thurgood Marshall?
he was a judge for the supreme court in separate but equal.
What did the supreme court decide in 1896 that reinforced the Jim Crow laws?
The Supreme Court decided that the state governments could legally separate people of different races as long as the separate facilities were equal.
What supreme court decision said separate but equal is ok?
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.
In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the 'separate but equal law?
1954
What US Supreme Court decision encouraged the growth of segregation in the south?
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896)The Supreme Court held a Louisiana state law requiring African-Americans and whites travel in separate railroad cars was constitutional, as long as the facilities provided were separate but equal (the opinion actually says, "equal but separate"). The decision legally sanctioned racist and segregationist policies already in effect, particularly in the South, and encouraged the adoption of discriminatory Jim Crow laws.
Is the Mississippi Supreme Court in the Judicial branch?
Yes, the Mississippi Supreme Court is in the Judicial branch of the Mississippi State government, part of the state court system. The US Supreme Court is head of the Judicial branch of the federal government, so they are part of two separate court systems.
What is the best description of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision?
Separate but equal
