In the United States, the "separate but equal" doctrine refers to legally sanctioned segregation arising (in part) from the US Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896). "Separate but...
It was put in place, little by little, in the Reconstruction era, after the Civil War, culminating in what were known as "Jim Crow" laws. The U.S. Supreme Court codified it in the landmark case,...
what is ment by this is the seperation of whites and blacks. Seperate but equal meaning whites and colord people were spereated but had equal rights. Which was far from right considering the terrible...