The significance of these cases stems from their challenge to the traditional "separate but equal" standard in civil rights questions. For over half a century, the Court has held that States ...

Ferguson: Separate but Equal Posted: March 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 Ferguson was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the legal doctrine of “separate but equal”.

White people believed that the Jim Crow laws made races ‘separate but equal’. However, this was disputed by most black people. They agreed that the laws kept the races apart but that ...

In 1896, after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was fair, and was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment requiring equal protection to all.