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What Supreme Court decision allowed for the segregation of blacks in separate but equal facilities?

The Supreme Court decision that allowed for the segregation of blacks in separate but equal facilities was Plessy v. Ferguson, decided in 1896. The Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, asserting that as long as the separate facilities for blacks and whites were equal, segregation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling legitimized state-sponsored segregation until it was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.


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 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.


Do you agree or disagree with the supreme court's decision that separate educational facilities are equal?

As a xenophobic troglodyte, I cannot disagree more emphatically. If anything, the Separate but Equal doctrine was not taken far enough.


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.

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What was the most important difference between the Supreme Court's rulings in Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education?

the court's interpretation of whether the equal protection clause allowed racial segregation


What Supreme Court decision allowed for the segregation of blacks in separate but equal facilities?

The Supreme Court decision that allowed for the segregation of blacks in separate but equal facilities was Plessy v. Ferguson, decided in 1896. The Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, asserting that as long as the separate facilities for blacks and whites were equal, segregation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling legitimized state-sponsored segregation until it was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.


How did the Supreme Court's interpretation of the equal protection clause differ in the Plessy Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education rulings?

in plessy, the supreme court ruled that the clause allowed racial segregation; in the brown, it ruled that clause did not allow segregation


What work did Thurgood Marshall?

he was a judge for the supreme court in separate but equal.


How did supreme court’s interpretation of the equal protection clause differ in the plessy v. Ferguson and brown v. Board of education rulings?

in plessy, the supreme court ruled that the clause allowed racial segregation; in the brown, it ruled that clause did not allow segregation


What Supreme Court decision found that separate but equal schools were fundamentally unequal and unconstitutional?

The Supreme Court decision that found separate but equal schools to be unconstitutional and fundamentally unequal was Brown v. Board of Education (1954). This landmark ruling declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).


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


The separate but equal standard was created by?

The supreme court in plessy v fergussion based on a theory that separate can be equal but in reality it's not


How did the Supreme Court interpret the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from the 1950s through the 2010s?

To expand the rights of minorities and women but also to limit programs that did not provide equal protection for the majority


What is the best description of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision?

Separate but equal


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.