PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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It ensured that segregated facilities for African Americans would be equal in quality to facilities for whites
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It limited segregation to only those states in the South
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It made segregated schools, parks, restaurants, and other facilities that served the public legal anywhere in the United States
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It deprived African Americans of their voting rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a majority decision, the Court ruled that Louisiana’s segregation law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment so long as separate accommodations for whites and blacks were equal. The Plessy ruling rendered racial segregation legal throughout the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Southern states took advantage of the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision legalizing segregation and began to pass laws like those in Mississippi, requiring segregation and stating that anyone not following the law could be jailed.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century. The ruling provided legal justification for segregation on trains and buses, and in public facilities such as hotels, theaters, and schools.