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What landmark Supreme Court case reversed the separate but equal doctrine and outlawed segregation in public education?
Brown v. Board of Education, (1954) reversed the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896), when the Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896) The phrase "separate but equal" derives from the Louisiana Separate Car Act of 1890, which was challenged in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, (1896). The...
There were quite a few US Supreme Court cases outlawing segregation. The two people are most familiar with are Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), which declared segregation in public schools...
The "separate but equal" doctrine derived from the decision in the US Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896), delivered on May 18, 1896. The opinion of the Court actually used the...