"Seperate but equal"...
The Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the segregation laws that stated that as long as blacks had seperate but equal facilitites it did not violate the 14th amendment.
The segregation laws gave way to the Jim Crow laws.
The segregation laws gave way to the Jim Crow laws.
Jim Crow Laws...
Jim Crow laws were a way to keep whites and blacks equal but seperate. They also wanted to keep racial mixing in public, for example:
- restaurants
- movie theaters
- public transportation
The video below gives description on Plessy v. Ferguson
- restaurants
- movie theaters
- public transportation
The video below gives description on Plessy v. Ferguson