The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for segregation. The decision upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed for racial segregation in public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were considered equal. This ruling legitimized Jim Crow laws and enforced racial discrimination for decades.
During Reconstruction the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 guaranteeing that no state could take away the rights of United States citizens. In spite of this amendment, Southern states did take away black people's rights as citizens. Homer Plessy, a black person, was arrested on a railroad train and his case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The 1896 court decision in Plessy v Ferguson became the legal basis for the next 60 years.
The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for
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poll taxes
poll taxes
segregation
segregation
literacy tests
literacy tests
slavery
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