Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
Plessy was a landmark case because it explicitly authorized the practice of segregation that had been in effect since before emancipation was completed in July 1865. Although we symbolically mark the period when Plessy was in effect as beginning in 1896 and ending with Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 (58 years), in a very real sense the era of legal segregation didn't really end until Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1864.
In the United States, de jure (legal) segregation lasted 100 or more years.
The period between Plessy and Brown was 58 years (1896 - 1954).
De facto segregation (segregation caused by circumstances, rather than law) continues to this day.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
The case was argued before the US Supreme Court on April 13, 1896 and decided on May 18, 1896.
The US Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Melville Fuller, announced its decision on May 18, 1896.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
It interpreted the constitution as saying that separate but equal was OK. This was REVERSED by Brown Vs. Board in the 1950's. This actual case was back in the ~1860s-1870s
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
Plessy v. Ferguson.
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
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.
Segregation
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Yes- Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal" (or segregation) clause.