REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
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unconstitutional
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legal in all forms
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legal as long as the facilities were equal
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protected by the First Amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -On May 18, 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that separate-but-equal facilities were constitutional. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. Supreme Court changes history on May 18, 1896! The Court’s “separate but equal” decision in Plessy v. Ferguson on that date upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws. It became the legal basis for racial segregation in the United States for the next fifty years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Detailed explanation-4: -As a test, Plessy violated the 1890 Louisiana Separate Car law. That means he agreed to break the law on purpose. The Separate Car law said that white citizens and black citizens had to ride in separate railroad cars. Plessy had one African great grandmother.