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GCSE History · key term
The principle accepted in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 that racial segregation was lawful if separate facilities were equal. In practice, facilities for Black Americans were often inferior.
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Revise: Black Americans in the Early 1950sThe court ruling accepted segregation provided that facilities were ‘separate but equal’. This gave supporters of segregation a legal justification for keeping Black and White Americans apart.
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The legal doctrine upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 that allowed racial segregation provided that separate facilities were equal. Brown rejected this doctrine in public education in 1954.
Revise: Early Successes: Brown vs Board and the Montgomery Bus BoycottSegregation meant that black and white Americans were required to use separate facilities. Its legal justification rested on ‘separate but equal’, a doctrine upheld by the US Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
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