Though the 1875 Civil Rights Act had stated that all races were entitled to equal treatment in public accommodations ... the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was fair, and ...

During the era of “separate but equal” jurisprudence, the application of the clause to laws that discriminated on the basis of race was severely, although not entirely, eliminated. At the same ...

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 ...

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 ...

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”.

Credit: Library of Congress In legal theory, blacks received "separate but equal" treatment under the law — in actuality, public facilities for blacks were nearly always inferior to those for ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate-but-equal’ principle. This led to more segregation on transportation, in entertainment venues, in factories and at other places ...