The Supreme Court established "separate but equal" in Plessy v Fergusun in 1896 to match the ruling of Brown v Board of Education. It was ruled constitutional because the Brown v Board of Education had already started the desegregation rule.
The Supreme Court case of Plessy Versus Ferguson was extremely important. It declared that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' was constitutional. This upheld government sanctioned racism in America.
The Supreme Court case of Plessy Versus Ferguson was extremely important. It declared that the doctrine of 'separate but equal' was constitutional. This upheld government sanctioned racism in America.
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the "separate but equal" doctrine.
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that state laws enforcing racial segregation, as long as they provided "separate but equal" facilities, were constitutional. This decision established the legal precedent for segregation in public facilities based on race, endorsing the concept of "separate but equal."
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson is what provided constitutional justification for segregation. Segregation in public schools was outlawed in another Supreme Court ruling in 1954.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal".
The US Supreme Court ruled on the question of whether racial segregation was constitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson. The Court held that segregation was constitutional as long as the separate facilities provided for different races were equal in quality, thereby establishing the doctrine of "separate but equal." This decision subsequently justified racial segregation and discrimination for several decades.
Plessy vs Ferguson was the court case that supported Jim Crow laws stating that "seperate but equal" was constitutional.
Separate but equal
It upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine.
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson