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Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which nominally guaranteed "equal protection" under the law to all people.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".
Segregation in sports in the United States was also a major national issue. [108] In 1900, just four years after the US Supreme Court "separate but equal" constitutional ruling, segregation was enforced in horse racing, a sport which had previously seen many African American jockeys win the Triple Crown and other major races. [109]
There were to be separate but equal accommodations for whites and African Americans provided in nursing homes. 1944: Miscegenation Any marriage between a white person and an African American or racially mixed citizen was prohibited. Penalty to follow this law was a fine of $500 to $5,000.
1896, Case of Plessy v.Ferguson: ruled in favor of "separate but equal" schools for blacks, citing the ruling in Roberts v.Boston; 1954, Case of Brown v.Board of Board of Education: ruled against "separate but equal", citing Sumner's arguments, and banned segregated schools nationwide.
Ward v. Flood 48 Cal. 49–52 (1874) was the first school segregation case before the California Supreme Court, which established the principle of "separate but equal" schools in California law, [1] 22 years before the United States Supreme Court decided Plessy v.
Iowa’s bill says the term “equal” does not mean “same” or “identical,” and it says that “separate accommodations are not inherently unequal.” ... civics class — ‘separate but ...
Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later.