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There were quite a few US Supreme Court cases outlawing segregation. The two people are most familiar with are Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), which declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional, and Browder v. Gayle,(1956), which declared segregation on buses unconstitutional, and ended the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Unfortunately, African-Americans did not gain civil rights protection as the result of a single case, but through a long, continuing battle in the courts and legislature.
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When did the federal Interstate Commerce ban segregation on interstate trains and buses?
The May 17,1954 Supreme Court decision banning segregation in schools effectively banned segregation in other public facilities although it took some time before integration in other areas was accomplished. On November 13, 1956 segregation on buses was ruled unconstitutional.
What amendment did congress pass that banned segregation in all public places?
The 23 rd admendment
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.
Racial segregation during the post-Civil War period was ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court in .?
The 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation in public accommodations under the "separate-but-equal" doctrine. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 (with one abstention). Justice John M. Harlan cast the dissenting vote.The doctrine was overturned 58 years later by the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.
Segregation of which of the following was legally challenged in a Supreme Court case now known simply as Brown?
public education
