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In 1896, Homer Plessy was recruited by an African American civil rights activist group with the intent of challenging the constitutionality of the Louisiana Separate Car Act (Act 111). As a man of one-eighth African descent, Plessy could manage to purchase a first class ticket while also remain in danger of being arrested under the Separate Car act. However, the US Supreme Court did not rule in favor of Plessy. Instead, the Court (with a 7-1 decision) said that the Separate Car Act in no way implied that African Americans were inferior (which would have been in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment), and that there was no difference in quality between "Black only" cars and White cars. Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark case that upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal".
Case Citation:
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
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∙ 6y agoIn 1896, Homer Plessy was recruited by an African American civil rights activist group with the intent of challenging the constitutionality of the Louisiana Separate Car Act (Act 111). As a man of one-eighth African descent, Plessy could manage to purchase a first class ticket while also remain in danger of being arrested under the Separate Car act. However, the US Supreme Court did not rule in favor of Plessy. Instead, the Court (with a 7-1 decision) said that the Separate Car Act in no way implied that African Americans were inferior (which would have been in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment), and that there was no difference in quality between "Black only" cars and White cars. Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark case that upheld the constitutionality of "separate but equal".
Case Citation:
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)
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Which suprime court decision did brown v board of education of topeka overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896),
Was Plessy v Ferguson a boxing match?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)No. Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that legally sanctioned racial segregation.
Which case is the excerpt most likely from?
This is from the Supreme Court case Plessy vs. Ferguson.
What supreme court case upheld segregetion orseparate but equal?
That would be the Supreme Court Case Plessy vs. Furgeson
The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education overturned its earlier decision in?
Plessy v. Ferguson.
What was a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson in the south?
As a result of Plessy v. Ferguson, black and white southerners were legally segregated.
Was Plessy v Ferguson a boy or a girl?
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896)Plessy v. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case, not a person. Homer Plessy, the petitioner and John Ferguson, the nominal respondent, were both male, but that fact is completely irrelevant to the case.
What did plessy v Ferguson?
Segregation
What was ruling in plessy v Ferguson?
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
What was the ruling in in plessy v Ferguson?
Plessy v Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal clause" and segregation. 7-1
Was the Plessy v. Ferguson decision concerned with segregation?
Yes- Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of the "seperate but equal" (or segregation) clause.
