The previous case that established the "separate but equal" doctrine was Plessy v. Ferguson, which was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. This decision upheld state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities, asserting that such segregation did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as long as the separate facilities were equal in quality. This ruling provided a legal basis for racial segregation for many decades until it was eventually overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
That was the attempt at segregation that thought we could have equal treatment for blacks and whites while keeping separate facilities for them. But somehow, they never were quite equal.
In the year 1963, freedom riders were attacked in Montgomery, Alabama.
Which of these statements accurately describes the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision of 1896?
That was the attempt at segregation that thought we could have equal treatment for blacks and whites while keeping separate facilities for them. But somehow, they never were quite equal.
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.
During segregation blacks were kept separate from whites. This is because blacks were not viewed as equal to the whites.
The blacks were entitled to equal treatment. At first, the doctrine of 'Separate, but Equal' was followed, but in the 1950s the courts came to the realization that separate was not and could not be equal.
The case of Brown v Board of Education in Topeka Kansas resolved the issue of spereate but equal schools by overturning Plessy v Ferguson ruling, and allowing blacks and whites to go to the same schools.
"Separate but equal" segregation. Nullifying the Fifteenth Amendment. Instituting sharecropping systems.
Jim crow laws
Jim crow laws
"Separate but Equal is inherently unequal". Separating schools based on race is unconstitutional based upon the 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution.