Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
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)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896): The Supreme Court ruled that it was constitutional for different races to be separated in different areas, as long as the facilities were considered equal.
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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) affirmed the "separate but equal" doctrine.
The landmark case Plessy v Ferguson originated in the state of Louisiana.
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.
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Plessy's Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated.(ALS)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as separate but equal.