Question

Explain the concept of separate but equal. What was the case of Plessy v. Ferguson about? How did this supreme court decision make separate but equal legal?

Answer 1

upheld the principle of racial segregation

Answer 2

Ferguson Summary. The Supreme Court ruled against an African-American man who attempted to ride in a whites-only train car in Louisiana in concluding that the Equal Protection Clause was not violated by state segregation laws which, in effect, keep the races “separate but equal” in public accommodations.

Implementation of the “separate but equal” doctrine gave constitutional sanction to laws designed to achieve racial segregation by means of separate and equal public facilities and services for African Americans and whites.

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