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Under what circumstances did the Court for Plessy v. Ferguson approve segregating races?
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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
In Plessy, the US Supreme Court held segregation was constitutional under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, as long as African-Americans were provided "separate but equal" accommodations. This doctrine was overturned by the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), in which Chief Justice Warren Burger declared, "Separate but equal is inherently unequal..."
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In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Court approved racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." The Court ruled that as long as the facilities provided to each race were equal, segregation was permissible. The decision ultimately upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws, allowing for the establishment of the Jim Crow system of racial segregation in the United States.
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What was Plessy vs. Ferguson?
what was Plessy vs ferguson
Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
How did the plessy vs Ferguson case get its name?
From the plaintiff, Homer Plessy, and the defendant, John Howard Ferguson.
Which case is the excerpt most likely from?
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
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.
Who was John Ferguson?
He was the person in the case of plessy v.s Ferguson .And Ferguson won
What supreme court case upheld segregetion orseparate but equal?
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
Was Plessy v Ferguson a boy or a girl?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
What case overturned Plessy Ferguson?
The Brown vs. Board of Education case overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson case.
What overturned plessy v Ferguson?
The Brown vs. Board of Education case overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson case.
What was a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson in the south?
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
