PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Separate spaces were of higher quality for those deemed worthy and therefore did not violate the rights of those that paid a higher price.
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There were no rules in the constitution to protect equality at the time, meaning that segregation did not violate the constitution.
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Separate spaces were of “the same quality” and therefore a separation did not violate equal protection requirements.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson formalized the legal principle of “separate but equal". The ruling required “railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in that State to provide equal, but separate, accommodations for the white and colored races".
Detailed explanation-2: -The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.” During the era of Reconstruction, Black Americans’ political rights were affirmed by three constitutional amendments and numerous laws passed by Congress.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “separate but equal” doctrine introduced by the decision in this case was used for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws until 1954, when it was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1954, sixty years after Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.