Question 3 • MI-Government/Civics 2023
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court upheld Louisiana’s segregation law, ruling that racial separation was constitutional if facilities were supposedly “separate but equal.” This established a precedent, allowed segregation to continue, and limited African Americans’ rights. The Court did not declare the Fourteenth Amendment unconstitutional or stop states from creating segregation laws.
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