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What did plessy v Ferguson?

Segregation


Was the Plessy v. Ferguson decision concerned with segregation?

Yes- Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal" (or segregation) clause.


What did Plessy v. Ferguson permit?

Segregation


What was ruling in plessy v Ferguson?

Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1


What was the ruling in in plessy v Ferguson?

Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1


The supreme court decision Plessy v Ferguson was about?

Segregation


Was Plessy v Ferguson a boxing match?

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.


What trial hearing legalized segregation?

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)


Who was John Ferguson?

He was the person in the case of plessy v.s Ferguson .And Ferguson won


What was the major ruling in plessy v. Ferguson?

In the Plessy versus Ferguson case it was decided that the state law of racial segregation concerning public facilities, like trains, was protected under the constitution.


How did Plessy v Ferguson make the fight against segragation more diffucult?

Plessy v Ferguson, a Supreme Court case in 1896, established the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed for racial segregation in public facilities as long as they were equal in quality. This decision strengthened segregation laws and made it more difficult to challenge them legally. It provided a legal basis for continuing racial discrimination and limited the ability of those fighting against segregation to argue that it violated the rights of African Americans.


What provided constitutional justification for segregation for almost sixty years?

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.