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Ruling in the landmark decision Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of racial segregation in public transportation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
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List of landmark court decisions in the United States
Important decisions of US courts
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Plessy v. Ferguson
1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Supreme Court of the United States
Highest court of jurisdiction in the US
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Racial segregation
Systemic separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life. Segregation can involve the spatial separation of the races, and mandatory use of different institutions, such as schools and hospitals by people of different races. Specifically, it…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Public transport
Shared transportation service for use by the general public
Public transport are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of which kinds of transport are included, and air travel is often not thought of when discussing public…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Separate but equal
Discredited US legal doctrine used for racial segregation
Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in United States constitutional law, according to which racial segregation did not necessarily violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which nominally guaranteed "equal protection" under the law to all people.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)