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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation 1896 United States Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 13, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896 Full case name Homer A. Plessy v. John H. Ferguson Citations 163 U.S. 537 (more) 16 S. Ct. 1138; 41 L ...
Plessy v. Ferguson , 163 U.S. 537 (1896) , is regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history, solidifying the practice of " Jim Crow ". [ 2 ] It is a landmark decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a ...
The judge presiding over his case, John Howard Ferguson, ruled that Louisiana had the right to regulate railroad companies while they operated within state boundaries. The Citizens' Committee took Plessy's appeal to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, where he again found an unreceptive ear, as the state Supreme Court upheld Ferguson's ruling. [8]
Donald Trump anchored his bid to win a second White House term next week on searing anti-migrant fear at a rally at Madison Square Garden, doubling down on his promise for a massive deportation ...
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The Plessy v Ferguson case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ushered in a half-century of laws calling for “separate but equal” accommodations that kept Black people in segregated schools ...
The legitimacy of such laws under the Fourteenth amendment was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896). The Plessy doctrine was extended to the public schools in Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899). [citation needed] "We cater to white trade only".
Trump held a rally in Gastonia, N.C., near Charlotte earlier Saturday. He is then headed to Salem, Virginia and back to the Tarheel State to close the day with an event in Greensboro.