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What legal definition was provided by the court case Plessy v Ferguson?
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The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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What provided constitutional justification for segregation for almost sixty years?
The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson is what provided constitutional justification for segregation. Segregation in public schools was outlawed in another Supreme Court ruling in 1954.
Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What supreme court case upheld segregetion orseparate but equal?
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
Which case is the excerpt most likely from?
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
Which 1896 Supreme Court decision approved segregation of blacks as long as and ldquoseparate but equal and facilities were provided?
Plessy v. 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.
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned its earlier decision in?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
Why did the Supreme Court not accept Plessy's argument in Plessy v Ferguson?
The Supreme Court decided that Plessy's plan was still treating the negro as if they were being segerated.
Which Supreme Court case upheld the Jim Crow Laws?
Plessy vs Ferguson was the court case that supported Jim Crow laws stating that "seperate but equal" was constitutional.
The supreme court decision Plessy v Ferguson was about?
Segregation
Was the Court's decision unanimous for the plessy V Ferguson case?
no
In which Supreme Court decision did the Court uphold the policy of separate but equal which allowed racial discrimination?
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896)The "separate but equal" doctrine derived from the decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), delivered on May 18, 1896.The Plessy decision was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education, (1954).Case Citation:Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
