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*Beginning in the 1930s, the NAACP--under the leadership of African-American attorney Charles Hamilton Houston-- began its assault on the "separate but equal" doctrine announced in Plessy. Houston chose to concentrate his efforts on segregation in public education, where he thought the adverse effects of the enforced racial separation could be most easily demonstrated. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm]
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'''Separate but equal''' is a type of racial [[segregation]] in which two [[race]]s are provided with segregated services which are ideally equal in quality. However, as [[judge]] [[Robert Bork]] put it – one could never have separation and [[equality]]. Therefore, the policy universally violated the [[14th Amendment]] of the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Despite this, it was deemed [[constitutional]] in the [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] court case in 1896. The Plessy decision was overturned in 1954 by the [[Supreme Court]] decision in [[Brown v. Board of Education]].<ref>http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm '''(note: link is dead)'''</ref> In practice separate but equal means inferior facilities for non-whites.
  
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The legal doctrine was overturned in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' (1954).
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:In this milestone decision the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. [http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm]
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*[[Harry F. Byrd]], Virginia Democrat who led the "Massive Resistance"
  
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==References==
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*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm Separate But Equal?: The Road to ''Brown'']
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Latest revision as of 17:00, May 28, 2022

Separate but equal is a type of racial segregation in which two races are provided with segregated services which are ideally equal in quality. However, as judge Robert Bork put it – one could never have separation and equality. Therefore, the policy universally violated the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Despite this, it was deemed constitutional in the Plessy v. Ferguson court case in 1896. The Plessy decision was overturned in 1954 by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.[1] In practice separate but equal means inferior facilities for non-whites.

See also

  • Harry F. Byrd, Virginia Democrat who led the "Massive Resistance"

References

  1. ↑ http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm (note: link is dead)
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