1896-+Plessy+v.+Ferguson

__Summary __ In 1890, a new Louisiana law mandated that railroad companies provide “separate but equal” accommodations for blacks and whites. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to move from a seat designated for a white patron. Judge John H. Ferguson upheld the law, and the Plessy v. Ferguson case slowly moved up to the Supreme Court. On May 18, 1896, in a 7 to 1 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation in America was constitutional. __Impact on Education __ The case guaranteed the state’s right to implement racially separate institutions, requiring them only to be “equal.” This case was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.



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