Question

What happened in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

Answer 1

Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, on May 18, 1896, by a seven-to-one majority (one justice did not participate), advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws.

Answer 2

Plessy v. Ferguson

(1896)

Explanation:

A Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of racial segregation in public places on the condition that these facilities were "separate but equal."