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Plessy v. 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".
- Bob Jones University V. United States
Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983),...
- Homer Plessy
Plessy’s tomb in New Orleans. Homer Adolph Plessy (born...
- John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was...
- John Howard Ferguson
In 2009, descendants of Ferguson and Plessy formed the...
- Bob Jones University V. United States
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.
Plessy v. 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...
29 Οκτ 2009 · Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
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 ...
This law was a symbol of the collapse of African American civil and political rights and the rise of Jim Crow laws throughout the South in the late 1800s. Homer Plessy—an African American—challenged the law, arguing that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legality of racial segregation so long as facilities were “separate but equal.” The case involved a challenge to Louisiana laws requiring separate railcars for African Americans and whites.
