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21 Οκτ 2024 · Plessy v. Ferguson, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial ‘separate but equal’ doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.
29 Οκτ 2009 · Ferguson verdict enshrined the doctrine of “separate but equal” as a constitutional justification for segregation, ensuring the survival of the Jim Crow South for the next half-century.
Homer Plessy—an African American—challenged the law, arguing that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. However, the Supreme Court—in a 7-1 vote—upheld the Louisiana law, concluding that laws providing for “separate but equal” facilities for African Americans and white Americans were consistent with the ...
Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for people of color were equal in quality to those of white people, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
2 Ιουλ 2024 · In this case, the Supreme Court voted 7-1 to uphold a Louisiana law requiring railroads to separate African Americans and white people into different passenger cars, despite Justice Harlan’s sole dissenting opinion that the “Constitution is color-blind.”
16 Νοε 2020 · On May 18, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v.Ferguson ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional. The Plessy v.Ferguson decision upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century. The ruling provided legal justification for segregation on trains and buses, and in public facilities such as hotels, theaters, and schools.
11 Μαρ 2017 · Plessy v. Ferguson Case Brief. Statement of the Facts: A Louisiana state law (the Separate Car Act) permitted separate railway cars for African Americans and Caucasians. Homer Plessy, a 1/8 African American citizen, was considered African American under the legislation. After taking a seat in the Caucasian section, Plessy was asked to move to ...
