In what year did the US supreme court overturn the separate but equal law?

Answer 1

1954

Answer 2

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

In 1954, the US Supreme Court overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) that established the "separate but equal" doctrine allowing Jim Crow laws to flourish across the country. In Brown, the Court recognized that "separate" was rarely, if ever, "equal."

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Answer 3

1954

The landmark case that desegregated schools was Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, a 1954 case in which the Supreme Court Justices unanimously ruled segregation in the public schools was unconstitutional. Chief Justice Earl Warren, in writing the Court opinion, declared "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" because they violated the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause. This overturned the 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, which held the concept of "separate but equal" was constitutional.

Case Citation:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

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Answer 4

The "Separate but Equal" doctrine validated by Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, when the Supreme Court declared segregation in education a violation of the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.

Answer 5

1954