ipl-logo

Plessy Vs Segregation

58 Words1 Pages
after slavery was abolished, the southern states passed laws to segregate blacks and whites. The segregation included separate schools for blacks and whites. A challenge to these laws reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in 1896 in Plessy v. Ferguson that it was a reasonable use of state power to require "separate but equal" accommodations for blacks.
Open Document